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Greetings from your WoodWorks team. Check out the fresh drone footage from the heart of Parliament showing the hard yards going in. The team from LT McGuinness, Beca, and Studio Pacific Architecture are tracking strongly to deliver an epic project for Wellington and Aotearoa.
Tauranga’s Landmark Timber City Council Building Takes Top Prize at the 2026 Property Industry Awards – congratulations to Willis Bond, LT McGuinness and Warren and Mahoney.
The new Palmerston North Airport Terminal has reached a major milestone, with the first of the glulam roof members now installed on site.
ING has arranged a £105m green loan to finance the development of Xylo, a large timber-frame office project in central London, as demand for sustainable real estate financing continues to grow.
Key takeaways from the 2026 Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon, US.
One for the dreamers and schemers … in this case also people who like the wood look A LOT.
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7 July 2026
Tauranga Landmark takes top prize
Tauranga’s Landmark Timber City Council Building Takes Top Prize At 2026 Property Industry Awards. Mareanui, the home of Tauranga City Council has taken the top honour at this year’s Property Council...
7 July 2026
Palmerston North Airport project update
On site at Palmerston North Airport Ltd. the installation of the glulam roof is starting to define the scale of the terminal spaces below. ✈️ The design and delivery of...
7 July 2026
Green loan for Xylo office development
ING has arranged a £105m green loan to finance the development of Xylo, a large timber-frame office project in central London, as demand for sustainable real estate financing continues to...
7 July 2026
International Mass Timber Conference 2026
Key takeaways from the 2026 conference in Portland, Oregon, US:...
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And one to end the issue on... Things you didn’t know you didn’t know!
Science New Zealand is celebrating 100 years of science supporting Kiwis to innovate and succeed. Here’s a forestry science initiative that you probably never knew before, but this important science work has been going on in real life out there in our landscape since 1968. Read on …
Just 50 minutes’ drive from Rotorua is the Puruki Experimental Forest, planted for and dedicated to science that has been key in shaping New Zealand’s forestry sector.
Established in 1968 as part of an international effort to understand land use change effects on water quality and yield, Puruki has enhanced scientific understanding of catchment hydrology, forest health, carbon sequestration and productivity. It was also an early test site for remote sensing techniques now used in forestry.
The work at Puruki builds on research dating back to the 1890s, when more than 60 exotic species were trialled to identify those suited to New Zealand conditions. This early work underpinned a sustainable timber resource and reduced pressure on indigenous forests.
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