Forestry
Our Changing World – Getting the best from bark
In a future that is free of fossil fuels, where will we source all the products that we get from the petroleum industry? Scientists at the forest research institute Scion think that trees might… Audio
Farming v Forestry - Friend or Foe
In a forest block near Tokoroa a 60-year-old tree is felled and turned into a cubic metre of wood. It will end up at the Mystery Creek Fieldays at the end of the year to give a visual representation… Audio
Forestry sector hopes fumigation alternative unlocks Indian market
The forestry sector is hopeful exports to India will resume now the Environmental Protection Authority has approved a new fumigation product for export logs.
Mountain bike trails put new spin on Whanganui farm
Tom Oskam has built mountain bike trails in Australia and Canada and has returned to his family land on the Whanganui River to create tracks through the regenerating forest. The old woolshed is now… Video, Audio
ETS: reward native not pine forest
The Ministry of Primary Industries is suggesting changing the forestry settings here in New Zealand so further planting of stands of pinus radiata aren't rewarded by the Emissions Trading Scheme… Audio
Farm Talk: Finnish Farmer Teemu Kinnari
Teemu Kinnari is the 14th generation to toil on the family farm. It has been in the family since 1667. Audio
Foothills history the focal point for rural museum
The tiny Staveley Museum displays a photographic collection that tells the story of the foothills area of Mid-Canterbury including timber milling, coal mining, limestone quarrying, farming and family… Audio
The pleasures and pitfalls of owning a patch of trees
The difficulties of forestry ownership are many but the rewards for the persistent are great. Audio
Seeing the wood for the trees: Forester of the Year Paul Millen
Marlborough-based Paul Millen has been named Forester of the Year, by the New Zealand Institute of Forestry, for his work over 18 years researching eucalypts. Initially to he was keen to develop… Audio, Gallery
Chris Gibson: the surprising environmental impact of guitars
Musicians often sing about environmental problems, but what about the environmental issues tied up with the materials from which their guitars are made Audio
Te Whare Nui o Tuteata - The Way of the Future
Scion's new $14m building has been designed to welcome in the public and to showcase the sustainable use of wood. Audio
Focus on planting exotic forests key to climate goals - forest owners
Planting non-native trees is a better way for the government to tackle climate change than focusing on native forest regeneration, the New Zealand Forest Owners Association says.
A business model that boils down to trouble at the mill
Our wood processing industry is in distress, largely run over by China's demand for raw logs to provide work for its own people and factories. Why isn't there more support for the few sawmills we have… Audio
Memories from Colville
Les Ward's family arrived in the northern Coromandel Peninsula in the late 1890's having no idea of how challenging life on the land there would be - then and now. Audio
Summer Series - Wood Work
Greg Taylor is the son of a bushman and first started working in forests in the 1960s. For more than 40 years he's lived near Colville in the northern Coromandel where he grows trees, fells and mills… Audio
Figuring out Forests
Kees Weytmans audits forests so that buyers and forestry companies can be sure of the volume and quality of trees coming off the hills. Audio
New Zealand's little-told Far North wild horses story
People tend to think of the Kaimanawa ferals when the subject of wild horses in New Zealand comes up, but there is a significantly larger number of wild horses in Northland. Kelly Wilson's new book… Audio
Burly Bulls - Northland farmer Anna Blair raises bulls from tiny calves to strapping 600 kilogram bruisers
Anna Blair farms 1000 bulls on her Northland farm. She never answers her phone when she's working with them as she needs to keep her wits about her. Audio, Gallery
Group hopes to bring speciality timbers out of the woodwork
New Zealand's speciality timber resources aren't making it to woodworkers and retailer, and plans are underway to form a new industry group to fix this.
Midday Rural News for 9 July 2020
The price of logs has fallen again, with the typical price now about $115 a cubic metre.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio