Latest Updates

SWC 2025 Awards Nominations
7 February 2025

Recent Meeting: 4 July 2024 – SEWG, Tapanui
9 September 2024

Recent Meeting: 27 Feb 2024 – SEWG, Dunedin
12 March 2024

NZ Forestry Industry Safety Council faces funding cuts
12 March 2024

Audit finds ‘major non-conformities’ in forest certification
1 March 2024

NZ Government announces review of forestry ETS costs
1 March 2024

Toroawhi initiative comes to an end
1 March 2024

Vale John Purey-Cust
1 February 2024

NZ log market update – January 2024 (Forest360)
31 January 2024

NZ forestry industry establishing pan sector body
30 January 2024

Wood industry watching shipping costs
29 January 2024

December 2023 NZ log market update
12 December 2023

Pan Pac on the road back to full production
5 December 2023

72% of region’s energy needs through biomass
5 December 2023

NZ forestry’s briefing to incoming Ministers
5 December 2023

New Forests to sell NZ assets
17 November 2023

Council’s proposed new rules could cost millions
30 October 2023

Changes to Environment Standards for Plantation Forestry
3 October 2023

Farm forestry sign not meeting Council’s standards
29 September 2023

Wood-fired hospital boilers replace coal
13 September 2023

MOTAT steam tram powered by trees
10 August 2023

Forest Industry Dinner Meeting – 23 August 2023
4 July 2023

Forestry careers showcased at 2023 Dunedin EXPO
29 June 2023

Discover Forestry NZ launched
26 June 2023

Energy centre switches from coal in $2.28m project
21 June 2023

Bioenergy funding to better utilise forestry slash
9 June 2023

Awards 2023 – Forest training & success celebrated in the South
22 May 2023

More land in south purchased by Ikea franchisee
3 May 2023

PF Olsen NZ Log Market – April 2023
1 May 2023

Nationwide first bond for slash management
1 May 2023

Another Fonterra site switching boilers from coal
28 April 2023

New funding for contractors for biomass innovation
6 April 2023

Tuatapere farm to be converted to pine
5 April 2023
Dual fuel truck powered by diesel and hydrogen gas
4 April 2023

GPS accuracy to 10cm from satellite uplink centre
27 March 2023

New NZ wood pellet press opened
22 March 2023

International study tour grants opened
9 March 2023

Wahine in Forestry – Answers to a long standing challenge
1 February 2023

Nominations open for 2023 SWC Forestry Awards
25 January 2023

Contractor’s training school to address skills shortages
1 December 2022

Forestry firing up largest biomass boiler in NZ
28 November 2022

Southland forestry blocks sold for NZ5.1m
21 October 2022

Celebrating long-term evergreen harvesting contract
13 October 2022

2022 Awards – Printable list of award winners and photos
5 October 2022

Slash pile probes seek the heat
30 September 2022

2022 Forestry Training and Success Celebrated in the South
31 August 2022

New campaign launched for NZ forestry careers
10 August 2022

Plant’s biomass boiler beginning operation
30 July 2022

Heavy transport fleet de-carbonising with hydrogen
13 July 2022

Helping workers recover from addiction
15 June 2022

PF Olsen announces new investment partnership
15 June 2022

New Log Traders and Forestry Advisors registration
1 June 2022

Transport company tackling driver fatigue
19 May 2022

IKEA – production not carbon forestry?
18 May 2022

Worksafe: Close scrutiny or radical over-reach?
13 May 2022

Malaysian Co. buys 264ha of Tuatapere land for forestry
4 May 2022

New Guest Speaker for SWC Forestry 2022 Awards
3 May 2022

Ravensdown switching to wood biomass fuel
27 April 2022

Wood Energy New Zealand Partnership formed
14 April 2022

SWC Awards 2022: New Dates
10 April 2022

Wenita gets behind predator initiative
22 March 2022

Trial of new silviculture mentoring programme
10 March 2022

Pre-training prepares job seekers for forestry work
8 March 2022

Monster Redwood from South Canterbury
2 March 2022

Invercargill $3.77 m decarbonisation fund now available
2 March 2022

Obituary – Shaun Cawood
17 February 2022

Yes – big trees, they still exist
3 February 2022

Funding to increase forestry workforce in Otago
21 January 2022

Plantation forestry debate lights up the South
8 December 2021

2022 SWC Forestry Awards Dates Announced
8 November 2021

Export log shortage expected
28 October 2021

Biomass favourite for decarbonising SI process heat
13 October 2021

Two pension funds acquire NZ forestry asset
4 October 2021

Funding support for local Forestry Pathways Programme
30 September 2021

Ikea acquires Otago land for forestry
16 September 2021

Contracting industry becoming ‘cut throat’
2 September 2021

Another major NZ industrial plant switches to biomass
27 August 2021

New video for NZ primary school students
19 August 2021

Father and son graduate forestry course together
18 August 2021

Fonterra announce another switch to wood biomass
27 July 2021

WorkSafe reminder on forest safety
21 July 2021

Southland farm bought for forestry
21 July 2021

Digital communications rolled out across forestry operations
15 July 2021

Optimistic outlook for tree seedlings supplier
1 July 2021

Wood is Good on the road in the South
1 July 2021

Biofuel in Southland being hit by log prices
2 June 2021

Southern Wood Council update – Rural South
1 June 2021

2021 Forestry Training and Success Celebrated in the South
24 May 2021

NZ Council seeking controls over carbon forestry
20 May 2021

Southland Forestry Open Day attracts local students
1 April 2021

NZ$30 million biomass boiler on track
26 February 2021

Forestry industry post COVID-19 busier than ever
2 December 2020

Funding boost for Generation Programme
1 December 2020

Southland sawmill sold
20 November 2020

Southland woman inducted to Road Transport Hall of Fame
15 November 2020

New Canterbury West Coast Wood Council formed
12 November 2020

Update to Forestry Careers Resources
9 November 2020

Fire and Emergency honours’ award recipients
22 October 2020

Training course attracting women to forestry
19 October 2020

Forestry industry in the South remains resilient
16 October 2020

Latest NZ Forestry Facts and Figures out
6 October 2020

The 2021 Southern Wood Council Forestry Awards
23 September 2020

Invercargill City Council finds buyer for forestry
22 September 2020

Primary industry centre of vocational excellence
15 September 2020

Silvicultural work highlighted in new videos
15 September 2020

New posts on Rural Fire Research Blog
15 September 2020

SWC describes forests amendment bill as ‘a lemon’
14 July 2020

SWC Forest Products Scholarship 2020
23 April 2020

Southern Apprentice of the Year awarded
3 April 2020

SWC 2020 Forestry Awards: Event has been cancelled
20 March 2020

SWC Awards 2020’s Guest Presenter: Simon McKinney
31 January 2020

City Forests contribution to the region
19 December 2019

Nominations are Open for 2020 SWC Forestry Awards
25 November 2019
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The 2020 Southern Wood Council Forestry Awards [New Date]
28 August 2019
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Transpower / Forestry Workshop [2 Oct 2019]
9 August 2019
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Otago-Southland Forest Products Industry Dinner Meeting [2 Oct 2019]
6 August 2019

Forestry opportunities offered to school students
18 June 2019

Paige picking up top honour in forestry awards
10 June 2019

The future in forestry – a combined approach
4 June 2019

Forestry Training and Success Celebrated in the South
27 May 2019

The future of forestry for Southland schools
27 March 2019

Inaugural Forestry Scholarship Recipients Named
14 March 2019

Southern forestry training course starts
26 February 2019

Scott Thomas – multi-million dollar machine operator
21 December 2018

2019 Forestry Award Nominations
10 December 2018

2019 SWC Awards Guest Presenter
10 December 2018

2019 SWC Forestry Awards Programme
1 December 2018

Southland Youth Futures working with students
27 November 2018

Forestry apprentices growing the industry
26 November 2018

Future Foresters quick growing
26 November 2018

Logging machinery attract students
12 June 2018

SWC Forestry Awards 2018 Winners
28 May 2018

Farming fresh water crayfish in Southland forests
27 May 2018

2018 SWC Forest Products Scholarship
9 April 2018

Guest Speaker for 2018 SWC Awards Evening
2 March 2018

Nominations for the SWC Awards End 30 March 2018
2 March 2018

MEDIA RELEASE: Robotics opportunities in forestry being explored
20 February 2018

New training programme for Southern harvesting crews
30 November 2017

The 2018 SWC Forestry Awards Programme
10 November 2017

Spotlight: Working in Forestry
25 August 2017

Careers in Forestry
21 July 2017

NZ Forest Industry Important Nationally, Regionally and Environmentally – NZIER Report
21 July 2017

SWC Forestry Awards 2017
15 May 2017

The changing the face of the industry
15 March 2017

SWC Forest Products Scholarships 2017
15 February 2017

SWC Forestry Awards 2016
15 May 2016

SWC Forestry Awards 2015
15 May 2015