An inquiry has begun into the death of a man this morning in a forestry block in rugged terrain.

A wild horse had to be killed after it was severely injured in an attack.

Commodity prices saw broad-based gains in February, with meat and steel increasing while wool fell.

Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne is confident in the success of the region, despite a Maxim Institute report projecting population decline in the next two decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The average price for roundwood logs rose to $90 a tonne in February, up $5 from January's average price.

Our forests and other land areas may be sucking up to 60 per cent more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than previously thought and we can likely thank our native trees for much of it.

It is an uncontroversial fact that the state of the country's freshwater resources has for decades been moving towards ecological collapse.

An elderly man who was missing in a forest overnight near Wanganui has been found safe and well.

Te Whanau-a-Apanui land trustees have set up a forest road engineering company on the East Cape, employing twenty locals, including ex-pats. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A_JS311016NADCHPR226.JPGA specialist cliff rescue team recovered the bodies of two men killed in a helicopter crash into dense bush

The Northland forest in which a helicopter crashed, killing two people, is so dense no wreckage was visible even from the air soon after the accident.

The Northland forest in which a helicopter crashed, killing two people, is so dense no wreckage was visible even from the air soon

Rotorua Lakes Council has launched a major campaign to convince Aucklanders to abandon the rat race and move to Rotorua to live and work.

A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Napier-Wairoa rail line is set to reopen, with an agreement between KiwiRail and Napier Port being signed today.

KiwiRail has slashed its freight service on the Northland-Auckland line by half, but says the volume of freight transported will essentially

We ask the New Zealand First leader if he's being a party pooper and a wet blanket over the government's aspirational goal of a predator-free New Zealand by 2050.

Export log prices slip to a seven-month low amid a stronger Kiwi dollar and weaker markets.

The forestry worker killed in northern Hawke's Bay yesterday has been named.

NZ forest harvest volumes fell last year for the first time in seven years as uncertainty about future prices prompted plantation owners to hold back from felling their trees.

The forestry sector is signing up to a new safety agreement with the Government, unions, WorkSafe and the ACC.

High Court rules 9700 emails detailing exports must be released by ministry.

Plans for former forestry land near Wairakei into 39 dairy farms have been scaled back.

Greenheart Group has signed a conditional deal to buy Northland Forest Managers (1995) for $1.5 million.

About half the 15,000 tree species in the Amazon - the world's most diverse forest - are threatened by deforestation, an international study says.

Meet a group of forestry veterans turning fir trees into essential oils for export.

A forestry contractor acquitted of the manslaughter of a young worker crushed to death by a falling tree has been ordered to pay reparation to the man's family.

Forestry workers in the thick of a 1080 drop on Auckland's Hunua Ranges say bait laced with the poison fell so close they could smell it.

The parents of a young forestry worker killed when a tree fell on him are calling for an overhaul in the way workplace incidents are investigated.