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Timber Design Guide
17 March 2010
The Third Edition of the Timber Design Guide by Dr Andrew Buchanan is now available. The table of contents for this edition is listed below for your information. Read on...
Exciting New NZTIF Timber Promotion Under Way in China
16 March 2010
Capitalising on the extraordinary growth in timber demand from China NZTIF has, after three months of intensive research, initiated a programme which will rival the very successful new market. Read on...
The Great Wall of Wood has Become the Great Wall of China
16 March 2010
In the June quarter we cut almost at much lumber from New Zealand logs in China as we did in New Zealand. Half of our potential industry just shifted offshore! New Zealand mills are being left to. Read on...
Capital Gains Taxes, Land Taxes & my Half Dead Friend
16 March 2010
Wisely, the government is being very coy about the heat being placed on it to introduce taxes on capital or savings (as if savers haven't been punished enough by government policy to lower interest. Read on...
“The Tower of BABEL - Climate Change"
16 March 2010
NZTIF is concentrating its lobby on getting sawn timber recognised as a carbon sink. The government is responding well to this and adopting it in its global advocacy which is proving difficult. Read on...
EU Backs Timber
16 March 2010
Successful lobbying by UK timber trade bodies has helped persuade the EU Environment Council to back sustainably-produced wood products as a “climate-friendly material” at the upcoming UN climate. Read on...
Government Climate Change Policy Will Seriously Damage the NZ Timber Industry
14 December 2007
The government of New Zealand is introducing massive incentives to lock up our plantation forests so as to provide a carbon sink. This will deprive the New Zealand timber processing industry of a. Read on...
Economists Wrong 60% of the Time
27 September 2007
A year ago our Scottish Housekeeper picked USD70¢ for June 2007 — she was 16% shy. But she still blitzed trading bank economists who were picking USD60¢. Read on...
Export Certification
27 September 2007
The 1st September deadline is drawing close and to our knowledge very few timber exporters have achieved compliance with the export certification procedures that must be implemented on that. Read on...
The Style Guide for New Zealand Fences & Gates
27 September 2007
“The Style Guide for New Zealand Fences and Gates� is an NZTIF initiative and provides a comprehensive resource for those looking to add or upgrade a fence on their property. Next to. Read on...