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The Central North Island Wood Council e-newsletter keeps you up to date with the latest news from the Wood Council and our wider forestry industry. Access the archive to read past issues. ...

Christmas Greetings from CNIWC

Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia from the Central North Island Wood Council!As we close out another successful year, we want to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to all our members for your continued support, dedication, and hard work. 2024 has been full of growth, collaboration, and exciting progress, and we couldn't have achieved it without you.We would like to recognize the upcoming retirement of Bryce Heard, CEO of the Rotorua Business Chamber. Bryce has made sig...

A Guide to Harvesting for Small Forest Owners

Work done by Auckland Council with MPI funding in response to Auckland Council identifying small woodlots and winter ground base as their primary forestry related environmental risk.This guide will help exotic tree owners, who are not forestry experts, plan, prepare and ask the right questions of harvesting companies and contractors to ensure the selection of an appropriate contractor ahead of entering into a contract and ultimately harvesting their trees....

October 2024 - Newsletter

Welcome to our October edition, and welcome spring and daylight savings.  Nice to finally have some warm(ish) weather and with it a chance to commence summer earthworks and other operations in sensitive areas.   I have to admit I have struggled to write this report as am feeling uneasy with many in our processing industry struggling and forest owners also doing it tough.  So, it’s great to hear of the young people coming through the recent Tokoroa intake of the Generation P...

CNI Forest Operations Health & Safety Forum | Meeting Summary

Held 28 May 2024 at Toi Ohomai Institute NZ Waipa Campus with 17 in person and five by Zoom.Working Group Updates were received for the following: Yarder/Cable Guarding Technical Advisory Group – soon to publish after some edits. Lots of interest around this re excavators/guarding etc.ACOP Working Group. The WorkSafe Guidance Team has drafted a section on– health – which is a way for peer review – FISC has been allocated five high-risk operational sections which were put out to the ...

BOP Regional Council – Forestry Liaison Group | Meeting Summary

Held 28 February 2024 at the BOP Regional Council with 22 attendees.The meeting received presentations from:Rafael Moradei the Forestry Supply Manager for FORESTAUsing sustainable forestry resources including stumps, older unpruned lots, old man pines, shelterbelts, and commercial forests to manufacture torrefied pellets and wood-based chemicals as a direct replacement for coal and petrochemicals.For more information go to – www.foresta.nzDavid Herries the Chief Technology & Innovatio...

Incident Response Plan development

The Incident Response Plan has been developed to describe the CNI Wood Council’s response to a major incident or weather event.The strategy is based on managing identified and agreed support requirements during a major incident or weather event.The Plan is intended to provide a list of the key tasks, roles and responsibilities, and any resource requirements and support required to accomplish the objectives.The Wood Council Executive being the Chair, Deputy Chair, Secretary & CE at their di...

CNI Forest Operations Health & Safety Forum | Meeting Summary

Held 27 February 2024 at Toi Ohomai Institute NZ Waipa Campus with 22 attendees.Working Group Updates were received for the following:Yarder/Cable Guarding Technical Advisory Group, andACOP Working Group.Health & Safety Standard Updates were received from:FICAWorksafeFISC SafetreeCNI Wood CouncilCompetenzOther Presentations:Simulation Training Exercise with FENZ from Vaughn Warner of Timberlands LtdPsychosocial Risk ManagementGeneral Business:Drug & Alcohol testing of transport driversLo...