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New Zealand Tree Grower, May 2017
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Eyes in the Sky (Access: unrestricted)
Michelle Harnett and Jonathan Dash
Lit up like a Christmas tree is a good description of a laser-generated image of a forest. Stunning images aside, research in New Zealand and overseas is showing that the… -
Improving small plantation and woodlot inventory using remote sensing - how you can help (Access: unrestricted)
Jonathan Dash and Michael Watt
Small plantations and woodlots comprise around 36 per cent of the total New Zealand plantation estate. Growers of these woodlots include an estimated 14,000 small-scale and medium-scale forest owners and… -
Corruption in forestry has serious long-term consequences (Access: unrestricted)
Wink Sutton
Interpol has estimated that the annual global cost of corruption in the forestry sector is of the order of US$29 billion. This supply of wood has had the effect of… -
President's Comment (Access: unrestricted)
Neil Cullen
As the incoming President of the NZFFA I see my role partly as building on the work of previous Presidents. When he was President, Ian Jackson oversaw the introduction of… -
Survey of the needs of small-scale forest owners for information and decision support (Access: unrestricted)
Graham West and Dean Satchell
New Zealand has approximately 14,000 small-scale forest owners – those who own less than 1,000 hectares. Apart from the 1,900 or so NZFFA members who are included, this large group has… -
Husqvarna North Island Farm Forester of the Year 2017 - Dave and Sue Forsyth (Access: unrestricted)
Dave Forsyth farms a 243-hectare intensive dairy farming and forestry operation mid-way between Pirongia and Te Awamutu in the Waikato. The property is a mixture of volcanic flat and rolling land of… -
Husqvarna South Island Farm Foresters of the Year 2017 - Mark and Marjorie Hay (Access: unrestricted)
Mark and Marjorie Hay and their son Isaac farm near Lawrence in South Otago. Their property, Glenayr, covers 893 hectares and is situated on the highest part of the surrounding countryside.… -
Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Sustainable Farm Forestry 2017 - Eric and Annette Cairns (Access: unrestricted)
Eric and Annette Cairns have an eight-hectare property Fantails which is five kilometres east of Upper Hutt. They purchased the gorse, bracken and scrub property in 1985 with the intention… -
Succession planning for small-scale forest owners (Access: unrestricted)
Tony Marshall
In any business, the choice of business structure is an important decision which requires careful planning. This is particularly true with respect to the ownership of forestry as there are… -
Rural and urban fire fighters merge (Access: unrestricted)
Jo McIntosh
There has been some recent publicity in respect of the amalgamation of rural and urban fire fighters. This is the most significant change to the fire service since the Forest… -
A hitch-hiker’s guide to climate change – don’t panic (Access: unrestricted)
Howard Moore
It was nearly 40 years ago, but some of you might remember in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that Zaphod Beeblebrox owned a pair of dark glasses that turned… -
Emissions Trading Scheme - Could it be changing for the better? (Access: unrestricted)
Stuart Orme
The Emissions Trading Scheme managed under the Climate Change Response Act has been operational in New Zealand since the start of 2008. In that time we have seen policy interpretation… -
A safe workplace is free of alcohol and other drugs (Access: unrestricted)
Sue Nolan
This series of articles on drugs in the workplace is aimed at giving you a little bit of an insight into your contractor’s competency with regard to ensuring a drug-free… -
Trees for people: The Montfort Trimble Foundation, opening the forest gate to all-comers (Access: unrestricted)
Harriet Palmer
The Montfort Trimble Foundation is a Masterton-based charity. It owns two sizeable rural properties, Trimble Forest and Rewanui Forest Park, and has a public afforestation remit. From initial involvement with… -
Wensleydale 2016 woodlot harvest of an agro-forestry block (Access: unrestricted)
Nick Seymour
We planted three agro-forestry woodlots with trees at a spacing of ten by eight metres equivalent to 150 trees a hectare. The first woodlot was planted in 1986 with GF…
