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New Zealand Frost Fans appoints new CEO New Zealand Frost Fans announced today that Andrew Priest has been appointed new CEO of the company. An experienced business leader, Andrew will succeed Steve Haslett and assume responsibilities in June. Since 2007, Steve has transformed the business to become a significant exporter and the market leader in New Zealand and Australia. Steve will remain close to the company as a shareholder and non-executive director. Andrew has had a number of impressive leadership roles, most recently as chief executive of Ngāi Tahu Farming and Forestry, where he succe...

Radhika Murti Radhika Murti (2nd left) on a trip to the Sovi Basin, Naitasiri. Picture: SUPPLIED Today, we get to read a personal reflection written by Radhika Murti, LF2007, and director of IUCN’s Global Ecosystem Management Programme. I was born and brought up in Field 40, Lautoka and attended Lautoka Methodist Primary School and Natabua High School. My parents ran a logging company then and sometimes, after school, my siblings and I would ride out to the forests with my father along Sigatoka, Nadi and Lautoka, depending on where his staff members were running logging operations. It was n...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 5:05 pm OneFortyOne joins in the global celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2021. It’s a great opportunity to acknowledge the leading professionals who are contributing their expertise to the success of the forestry and timber industries. OneFortyOne hopes that by sharing the stories of remarkable women in the industry, girls and young women are inspired to pursue one or more of the varied and satisfying careers on offer. OneFortyOne wants to be part of the movement that promotes full and equal access to, and partic...

Samantha Gee/Stuff A view of the damage to the Otūwhero Inlet, near Mārahau, after ex-Tropical Cyclone Gita barrelled through the Nelson-Tasman region in February 2018. Landslides can be seen in the hills. A new research article identified more than 4500 landslides in a 196 square kilometre area of Tasman District after Gita. A new research article on landslides that includes suggestions for forestry management on fragile soils in Tasman District is yet to be fully assessed, says Tasman District Council environment and planning manager Dennis Bush-King. The authors of the article, publishe...

Braden Fastier/Stuff A landslide at Sandy Bay, near Mārahau, was one of thousands identified after ex-Tropical Cyclone Gita barrelled through the Nelson-Tasman region in February 2018. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Gita left behind more than 4500 landslides when it slammed into the Nelson-Tasman region in February 2018. The authors of a new research article, published in the New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, used gridded rainfall, topography, lithology and land cover surfaces to develop a high-resolution model of the landslides that occurred in a 196 square kilometre area of Tasman District d...