Forestry
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…
AudioETS: 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
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.
AudioFoothills 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
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…
AudioThe 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
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.
AudioSeeing 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
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.
AudioFocus 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
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…
AudioMemories 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
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.
AudioSummer 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
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…
AudioFiguring 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
