New Staff - April 2014
We welcome Phil Tetzlaff back to PF Olsen. Phil has taken the role of Harvest Manager for Rotorua Harvest Management.
READ MOREWe welcome Phil Tetzlaff back to PF Olsen. Phil has taken the role of Harvest Manager for Rotorua Harvest Management.
READ MORERodney was nominated by Supervisor Gary Inman. Rodney Hubbard and Vikki Whareau (Health & Safety Coordinator) took the initiative in making up the 5-step tree felling procedure sticker and this has been produced and delivered to PF Olsen contractors across the country.
READ MOREWith the introduction of the new forest growers levy on 1 January 2014 changes to the way industry R&D in the forest growing area were signalled in a recent update.
READ MORE"Green, green, green… everywhere", is how Kevin Haine is describing the nursery at the moment. "This season's tree stocks are looking great."
READ MOREPF Olsen has been actively involved in coordinating a project to restore a major wetland in the Waikato. Parties involved include the forest owner – Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) New Zealand Ltd, the land owners – the Te Toke Ahu Whenua Trust and the Waikato River Authority (WRA) as a major funding agency.
READ MOREI recently attended the first of a series of stakeholder workshops being run around the country by the newly formed Independent Forestry Safety Review Panel.
READ MOREA recent major forestry news story has been the appointment of receivers KordaMentha to Southern Cross Forest Products Ltd. Southern Cross is the owner of Thames Timber in the North Island and four processing plants in Otago/Southland.
READ MORENick Horton recently commenced work with PF Olsen at the Rotorua office and Wiremu Ruru recently joined Mike Spier's team in the role of Harvesting Supervisor based in Rotorua.
READ MOREJohan Visscher has joined PF Olsen as Harvesting Manager, based in Blenheim. Johan has a wealth of experience in harvesting, both as a practical logger for around 10 years in the Nelson area and a similar time in harvest management with Rayonier in Canterbury.
READ MOREResearch and development into the symbiotic relationship of fungi with trees is showing promising signs of boosting tree growth, vigour and disease resistance.
READ MORERecent publicity around the forest industry and its safety record has highlighted the duties of principals.
READ MORENZUs continue to trade in the low $3's. With ERUs valid in the New Zealand ETS until May 2015, there is currently not a lot of demand for NZUs to encourage higher prices. However there are buyers and sellers trading in small volumes.
READ MOREIn a new Wood Matters feature, each month we will profile a person making a big contribution to safety. Anahera was nominated by supervisor Hamish MacPherson. Anahera takes the initiative to look after the safety of the skid-crew.
READ MOREPF Olsen, in collaboration with transport contractor FDL and PF Olsen's newly formed Central Safety Committee launched the new Zero Tolerance project for loader operators and truck drivers this week.
READ MOREThe Australian forestry and forest products sector has been a-buzz following the very explicit support offered by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Senator Richard Colbeck in their speeches to the industry gala dinner last week.
READ MOREIn this first Wood Matters edition for 2014 there can be no other topic than what can be done to avoid the shocking NZ forestry safety record of 2013.
READ MOREThe start of 2014 has seen a continuation of the trends of the second half of last year – strong demand and increasing prices for export logs and strong demand but mixed trading conditions for domestic processors.
READ MOREWelcome to Tom Otterson who started recently at PF Olsen's Gisborne branch as a Harvest Manager. Chris Perry commenced working as a Graduate Harvest Planner/Roading Supervisor in the Forest Engineering team in Rotorua recently.
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READ MOREThe Danes show us a simple and fun approach to promoting the benefits of building with wood.
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