08 September, 2011
A forest industry expo held in Rotorua has defied the economy with business numbers said to have exceeded expectations.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Economy, Industry, Trade
01 September, 2011
The Overseas Investment Office in New Zealand is closely following an investigation by the Ontario Securities Commission into the activities of Sino-Forest Corp. The allegations surround falsifying the valuation of forests, which the company has denied. The Chinese corporation has been involved in a series of transations involving a forest in New Zealand, which has seen these assets bunched with tropical forest logging concessions in Suriname for investment purposes.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Industry, Trade, Economy
18 August, 2011
Richard Chandler, one of the two richest men in New Zealand, has taken a stake in a Chinese company under siege over allegations surrounding forestry valuations. The Singapore-based tycoon, said to be worth NZ$5.8 billion and only second to Graeme Hart on NBR's rich list, has taken a 15% stake in the troubled Sino-Forest, a Chinese forest plantation company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Sino-Forest has in the past year been involved in a $77 million forestry deal in New Zealand. Questions have been raised about aspects of the company's valuation processes.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Industry, Economy
24 May, 2011
The forest industry is one of New Zealand's key sectors yet by any measure is dramatically underperforming when compared with counterparts in many other southern hemisphere countries. Log exports mean foregone revenue from wood processing, which is stagnant. This article analyses a UN FAO study into the constraints on Asia-Pacific forestry investment, references New Zealand and Australia, and looks at the case of Chile, where companies are investing billions of dollars in new manufacturing plant.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Industry
20 January, 2011
New Zealand's ironsands contain up to 10% titanium. The metal has some interesting properties and there's new ways of using it. Bay of Plenty is pitching itself as a titanium powder manufacturing centre of excellence. Why should we be interested?
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Submitted by: Peter Kerr | Categories: Economy, Industry, Science & Technology
18 January, 2011
Facebook Founder Chris Hughes has launched Jumo, a social network that links individuals with charities, volunteer opportunities, NGOs, and causes. He discusses Facebook, The Social Network film, working for US President Barack Obama, and his own motivation.
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Submitted by: Matthew Hall | Categories: Features , Science & Technology, Management, Economy, Industry, Ad/Media
17 January, 2011
Tax deductions - 'I deduce that you're lying'. A cartoon by Mike Flanagan.
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Submitted by: Mike Flanagan | Categories: Small Business, Personal Finance, Industry, Management, Cartoons
20 December, 2010
The crisis in New Zealand's wood processing industry is only likely to worsen as supplies grow costlier, and shorter. Peak wood, like peak oil before, is being discussed as a real possibility for global resources, and New Zealand cannot escape its impact.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Industry
14 November, 2010
Ernslaw One, a Malaysian owned New Zealand forestry company, is thinking ahead and benefiting from current global developments. Penelope Barker speaks with Managing Director Thomas Song about the positive future for New Zealand forestry.
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Submitted by: Penelope Barker | Categories: Industry
14 November, 2010
In just six years, New Zealand timber processing company Red Stag Timber has taken a sawmill on the point of closure to becoming the highest spec and capacity sawmill in the country – with ongoing plans for investment and expansion.
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Submitted by: Penelope Barker | Categories: Industry
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10 September, 2010
Background and beliefs of the Morton Estate Winery, looking at their history, the vintner, what they win and who they supply to.
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Submitted by: Heather Carston | Categories: Industry, Features , Food & Wine, New Zealand
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Columns, Politics & Government, Industry, Horticulture
27 August, 2010
Aussies reject WTO ruling over apple access to their market. A news cartoon by Dave Wolland.
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Industry, Horticulture, Cartoons
25 August, 2010
Starting a business in New Zealand is easy - the World Bank tells us we are the best around in their Doing Business rankings. But we can do even better, let's put three new things on the companies website: standard documents, official shareholder registers and basic governance tools.
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Submitted by: Lance Wiggs | Categories: Economy, Industry, Small Business, Management, Columns
13 August, 2010
Surveying Northland for minerals. A column and cartoon by Dave Wolland.
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Industry, Columns, Rural, Energy & Minerals, New Zealand, Politics & Government
10 August, 2010
A caricature of Solid Energy Chief Operation Officer Barry Bragg, by Murray Webb. Dozens of other caricatures available. Want to commission a caricature from Murray? Email julie@allaboutthestory.com for details.
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Submitted by: murray webb | Categories: Industry, Caricatures, Energy & Minerals
05 August, 2010
New Zealand's billion dollar log export trade has been seen as providing a much-needed economic boost for the country. This article highlights the real costs involved in sending raw logs offshore instead of processing them in New Zealand. It quotes Jon Dey, from Forme Consulting Group, which recently announced a processing joint venture in China, along with Rens Bosman, of log exporting company NZ Wood Fibre Ltd, and a Russian expert on the China log trade.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Industry, Horticulture, Industry
05 August, 2010
New Zealand's billion dollar log export trade has been seen as providing a much-needed economic boost for the country. This article highlights the real costs involved in sending raw logs offshore instead of processing them in New Zealand. It quotes Jon Dey, from Forme Consulting Group, which recently announced a processing joint venture in China, along with Rens Bosman, of log exporting company NZ Wood Fibre Ltd, and a Russian expert on the China log trade.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Industry, Horticulture, Industry
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Submitted by: Malcolm Evans | Categories: Industry, Cartoons
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Submitted by: Malcolm Evans | Categories: Travel, Industry, Cartoons
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Industry, Horticulture, Cartoons
20 April, 2010
Crest Energy is trying to set up a tidal power station in the Kaipara Harbour.
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Environment & Conservation, Industry, Cartoons
28 March, 2010
This is a funny piece particularly lampooning the arrogance of IT experts who lack common sense. It is set in the Duchy of Mintz- Pyon in the Middle Ages and features Merlin, having newly mastered Infernal Transmogeny, Godforth Bowsting, his idiot apprentice and various people of sense.
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Submitted by: Spike Hegan | Categories: Industry, Humour & Satire
24 February, 2010
Want to commission work from Malcolm Evans? Email julie@allaboutthestory.com for details.
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Submitted by: Malcolm Evans | Categories: Politics & Government, Industry, Cartoons
20 October, 2011
Lives were lost, buildings rushed like empty tin cans but some unlikely heroes have emerged from the devastating earthquakes in Christchurch, where trees grown below hills may have saved lives. The NZ School of Forestry at the University of Canterbury is following up this history-making event to measure the impact on tree growth and how trees may help protect communities from future disasters.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Environment & Conservation, Industry
14 October, 2011
Government moves to reign in the sale of industrial certified emission reduction units (CERs) risk introducing an element of isolationism to the New Zealand carbon credits market.
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Submitted by: Mike Smith | Categories: Economy, Industry, Property
