Fieldays® Forestry Hub
Engaging experiences, educational sessions, job opportunities and more.
Location: Site G80
Discover engaging experiences on forestry growing, climate change, wood products, timber construction, biosecurity and biodiversity.
Your place to grow
The Hub is a collaboration between Fieldays and an advisory group comprising of Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service, Forest Growers Levy Trust, Scion, NZ Forest Owners Association, NZ Farm Forestry Association and Future Foresters. The Hub is your place to learn about forestry in New Zealand.
Learn about forestry and wood processing
The Hub is a dedicated space where visitors have the chance to explore the many facets of the forestry and wood processing sector to discover how the sector has a vital role in mitigating climate change.
Full details of the exhibitors can be found on the Fieldays App.
Discover innovation
The world’s only pair of leather shoes tanned using Scion's radiata pine bark tannins were on display at Fieldays. There is still a way to go, but locally grown tannins could one day compete with other tannin sources, reducing our dependence on imports and providing exciting new opportunities.
Fieldays Channels, From the Field | 2022
Kids Grow a Tree campaign
Cheree visits the Forestry Hub where young Fieldays visitors can pick up a gift for life! Graham West, National President of NZ Farm Forestry Assn
“We’d like to open people’s minds up to the possibilities of trees – anything that’s a fossil fuel today can be made from a tree in the future. We’ll have bioplastic vine clips, leather shoes tanned with pine bark tannin, biofuel insights and a showcase of how drone technology is a game changer,” Alex Wilson says.
Farm Forestry Association president, Graham West, says FFA strongly supports the Fieldays Forestry Hub and has been heavily engaged in its design and development. The farm forestry section of the hub has experts and practical information available on multiple plantation species, with a focus on Redwoods, Eucalypts, Cypresses, Poplar and Willow, and Radiata pine.
Careers and job opportunities for all ages
Hub spokesperson Alex Wilson says that the multi-billion-dollar forestry sector is a major employer in New Zealand, employing over 35,000 people in both year-round and seasonal jobs.
"People of all ages and abilities can find great careers in this sector - from planting and managing native forests and looking after the forest environment, to managing people and resources and working with state-of-the-art technology," says Graham West.
“We’re so lucky to have these companies and organisations here to showcase how an interest in forestry can become a career.”
Steve Chappell, Programme Manager
Potential of trees and wood on display at 2024 Fieldays Forestry Hub
“ The hub is all about sharing information, so that forestry is better understood and those farmers that want to can be better informed before investing. „
Fieldays Forestry Hub FAQs
Discover engaging experiences on forestry growing, climate change, wood products, timber construction, biosecurity and biodiversity at the Fieldays Forestry Hub. On the Fieldays App map, search Forestry Hub, and select 'Directions' or follow signage at the event.
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