Imagine yourself at the controls of this flash new Falcon 171 tower hauler…….at your breakfast table some 500 kilometres away.

Yeah right! Actually yeah, it could soon be right...

A pilot study is being funded to investigate the feasibility of setting up of a sustainable Tōtara harvesting and timber production industry in Northland.

Kick-started with $1million provided by the Provincial Growth Fund, Scion and Northland Inc, the study will focus on selective felling of Tōtara trees that have regenerated in abundance on Northland farms...

The iconic Kauri Timber Company building on Fanshawe Street, situated across from Auckland’s vibrant Viaduct Harbour, is a reminder of the native timber industry’s glory days in the late 19th century.

Originally built of stone in the 1880’s it is one of only three heritage buildings remaining on the Freeman’s Bay shoreline and was recently restored to its former glory...