Fieldays Forestry Hub
Engaging experiences, educational sessions, job opportunities and more.
Located at G80
Discover engaging experiences on forestry growing, climate change, wood products, timber construction, biosecurity and biodiversity.
Interested in exhibiting in the Fieldays Forestry Hub in 2024?
We’re pleased to confirm that the forestry advisory group and Fieldays will be hosting the third Fieldays Forestry Hub in 2024.
For more information about participating in the Hub, please email Adele Maurice at Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service Adele.Maurice@mpi.govt.nz
Planting seeds for a brighter forestry future
Visitors to Fieldays have the opportunity to learn about the forestry sector from multiple forestry sector organisations and companies under one roof.
Under the theme of ‘Wood – our low-carbon future’, the Fieldays Forestry Hub is a dedicated space at Fieldays giving visitors the chance to explore the many facets of the forestry and wood processing sector and how the sector has a vital role in mitigating climate change.
Full details of the exhibitors can be found on the Fieldays App.
Read our 2022 announcement of the Fieldays Forestry Hub here
Experience what it's like to operate machinery in a forest
Visitors of all ages can experience what it’s like to operate machinery in a forest by having a go with the very popular forestry simulator.
Sessions at the Hub
Forums run for up to 50 minutes; talks run for up to 30 minutes.
Wednesday 14 June:
11:00 am Forestry Minister Peeni Henare has been invited to officially launch the Hub for 2023
2 pm Forum 1, Food and wood – how much land does each need?
Thursday 15 June:
10 am Talk 1, Futurity Group, CEO Jacob Kohn: Creating high value, advanced wood products
2 pm Forum 2, Are all trees created equal?
Friday 16 June:
10 am Talk 2, Jarden, Head of Commodities Nigel Brunel: Mechanics – Carbon Trading in the ETS,
11:30 am Talk 3, Scion, Portfolio Leader for Distributed and Circular Manufacturing Marc Gaugler: Distributed manufacturing – bringing the factory to the forest.
Forestry sector a major employer in NZ
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, Red Stag, NZ Farm Forestry Association and Future Foresters.
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.
“We wish to reach landowners with the message that farm forestry is working well for our members and is an important option for future sustainable land use in New Zealand.”
Job opportunities
"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 entering an exciting phase in forestry and wood processing, which is creating huge employment opportunities „
“We’d also 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.
The 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
Under the theme of ‘Wood – our low-carbon future’, the Fieldays Forestry Hub is a dedicated space at this year’s Fieldays event, giving visitors the chance to explore the many facets of the forestry and wood processing sector and how the sector has a vital role in mitigating climate change. At the hub visitors will discover engaging experiences on forestry growing, climate change, wood products, timber construction, biosecurity and biodiversity. There will also be two forestry simulators on site so visitors big and small can experience what it’s like to operate machinery in a forest.
The Fieldays Forestry Hub has a wide range of industry jobs across the Food and Fibre sector. Visit site G80.
Activate the Careers Trail layer on the map on the Fieldays App to find exhibitors on the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Trail with career opportunities to discuss with you.
The Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub has a wide range of industry jobs across the food and fibre sector. Visit site E30.
“We’re so lucky to have these companies and organisations here to showcase themselves and show how an interest in forestry can quickly become a career.”
Children are encouraged to visit the Fieldays Forestry Hub, with the launch of the ‘Kids Grow a Tree’ campaign. Children will be given a young potted tree to take home and look after. Forestry experts will keep in contact with this next generation of tree growers and will offer advice on how to look after and nurture their trees.
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