Shaws Iron Test; Lethal Weapon
Peering through the dense Reporoa fog, we can see a Cat 336GC excavator running the aggressive new Woodsman Pro 566.
It is carving through the trees like a wolf through sheep. If that phrase sounds familiar, that’s because we used it for the other new generation Woodsman Pro, the 560 thinning head, when it was released in December 2024 at Jensen Logging.
The 560 is a bare-bones speed machine without a top saw, designed for thinning at high speed and minimal cost. The 566, on the other hand, has a newly ...
NZ Logger Feature Sections August 2026
Tall Timber; Seven decades in Forestry
It’s 72 years since John Wardle began his career in forestry. And it would be fair to say he’s seen a lot of change over that time. Brought up in Hāwea Flat, Cent...
Breaking Out; The little loader that could
An electric loader at Kaingaroa Processing Plant (KPP) has become the little loader that could.Owned by Rotorua Forest Haulage (RFH), and supplied by Etrucks in Auckla...
Forest Talk
FGLT funding applications open next month
The Forest Growers Levy Trust (FGLT) application process for 2027 funding will take place in September this year as an open call, consistent with previous ye...
Helping track alpine ecosystems’ fire recovery
University of Canterbury students are gaining hands-on research experience while contributing to decades-long datasets tracking how native ecosystems recover...
Kauri protection platform recognised
Years of collaboration on helping protect Kauri has received international recognition.The New Zealand-developed platform’s use of geospatial technology rece...
Komatsu unit has power, stability, reach and height
It's off to the stormy West Coast for this month’s Iron Test – a Komatsu PC270HW sporting an Ensign grapple.It’s been a long time since we tested a machine i...
Mentors sought for Wāhine in Forestry programme
Wāhine in Forestry has launched a new mentorship programme. The idea of the programme is to connect women studying forestry with women working across the sec...
Reasons forest road closures are ignored
Why are recreational users ignore forestry road closures?Valuable insights into the answer to that question have come from a new survey of recreational fores...
Recloaking the Wellington region
A million native trees have been planted in Greater Wellington regional parks, a milestone in efforts to reforest former grazing land.The millionth tree was ...
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