Foresters seek head-start to prepare for harvest

Foresters seek head-start to prepare for harvest
Gavin Evans
Forest owners and contractors are hoping to start preparing machinery and logging sites ahead of the resumption of harvesting next week. Phil Taylor, president of the New Zealand Forest Owners’ Association, said a lot of good work had been completed in recent weeks developing safe working protocols to comply with the reduced lockdown requirements effective next Tuesday. But clarity was being sought from officials on whether the government’s injunction to firms to get “work ready” this week included operators and drivers getting machines a...

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