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Red Stag Timber: Secret to 80 years of success

Red Stag Timber, formerly Waipā Sawmill, has survived 80 years and is still going strong.

Big Read: What's behind all the sawmill closures

Four big sawmills have closed.

'Extreme nervousness': CentrePort braces for slowdown from coronavirus

Port veteran says exporters are more nervous than they were about Sars or Asian crisis.

'Confronting' ripples of coronavirus downturn starting to hurt Hawke's Bay forestry industry

Trucking and logging companies on edge, with the next few weeks "critical".

Coronavirus outbreak hitting forestry industry, Māori families hard

Coronavirus outbreak has forced more than 1000 New Zealand forestry workers out of a job.

Government keeps close eye on trade amid coronavirus

Logs piled up, crayfish returned to sea and small tourism businesses under pressure.

Huge fire west of Bulls now contained but not out

Residents said it was "scary to see" after the Australian bushfires.

Coronavirus outbreak snuffs out forestry sector recovery

The forestry sector was just starting to recover from last year's price slump.

Hawke's Bay's top forestry award has woman's touch

Hawke's Bay's Kere Elliot is the third woman to take a top forestry award this year.

Local Focus: Minister delivers more putea to forestry and related industries

Focus on infrastructure and value add for development. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Letters: Swift action needed on SH4

This section of road is beyond repair. The answer is a new road above and around the slip.

Comment: Why farmers have had enough

Pahiatua farmer Lincoln Grant spoke at Parliament about why farmers have had enough.

Farmers take protest march to Parliament

"Farmers are very clever, there were some great signs."

NZ's wildfire future: which regions are most at risk?

Even wetter parts of NZ like Taranaki and Manawatu could see fire risk triple by 2040.

Could Rotorua get its own Statue of Liberty in the Redwoods?

It would be contemporary by design, Māori by nature and one part of plans for the forest.

Will Shane Jones apologise to farmers for calling them rednecks?

Shane Jones says he was responding to "vitriolic" farmers holding "disgusting" signs.