Sample Image forest

02 March 2023

On The Conversation, Associate Professor Clemens Altaner discusses the use of preservative linked to arsenic pollution, despite restrictions in other countries.


Sample Image forest

22 February 2023

On The Conversation, Emeritus Professor David Norton discuss how native forests need to replace pine forests as a long term solution to soil erosion in Aotearoa New Zealand.


UC Forestry part of new multi-million industry

17 February 2023

On The Conversation, Adjunct Senior Fellow Mark Bloomberg covers why New Zealand must change how it grows trees on fragile land.


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26 January 2023

Te Kura Ngahere | NZ School of Forestry is offering a 1-year Masters scholarship to complete a research project to forecast the workforce requirements for the forestry sector.


E.bosistoana Cross-section

25 October 2022

The NZ School of Forestry is offering a 3-year PhD project to investigate natural durability of eucalyptus timber.


UC launches Cass native-tree planting programme

06 September 2022

The University of Canterbury (UC) launched a new tree planting programme at its Cass Field Mountain Research Area last month.


Long Service Award 2021

02 December 2021

The University of Canterbury has celebrated its 16 longest-serving staff members, awarded five teaching development scholarships for exciting new projects, recognised an impressive new health and safety initiative and honoured 12 newly appointed professors through the Hui Whakamānawa | Celebrating Excellence awards.


UAV research

07 September 2021

Ten University of Canterbury research projects tackling the big issues have been green-lit with funding worth $23 million.


Dr Steve Pawson and Dr Graeme Woodward

04 June 2021

New technology being developed by a research team at the University of Canterbury could lead to deeper understanding of New Zealand’s threatened and endangered insects, paving the way to more effective conservation management.


Oceana Olsen and Ezra Samy are first-year students at UC in 2021.

11 March 2021

Hundreds of new Māori and Pacific students are enrolling at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) this year, in a sharp increase from 2020.


Bruce Manley - Kirk Horn

24 November 2020

“The highest honour in New Zealand forestry is the Kirk Horn Award, which is the oldest science award in New Zealand. This biennial prize recognises a person for their outstanding contribution to the forestry industry at large.


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10 November 2020

Professor Bruce Manley and UC alum Adrian Loo have been named as two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s 2020 forestry heroes.


FORSOC_Plaque

21 October 2020

The tōtara and plaque were presented by FORSOC to commemorate 50 years of forestry education.


Dr Adam Forbes

15 September 2020

More landowners will get access to expert advice on planting native trees with the expansion of a Restoration Ambassadors programme led by the University of Canterbury (UC).


Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau - Forestry Scholarships

25 June 2020

Being awarded a scholarship to study forestry at the University of Canterbury (UC) has brought more than financial benefits for first year student Anna Manning.


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02 June 2020

The Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau – Forestry Scholarships will be open from June to the 15th August.


Tiromoana Bush

27 May 2020

Students from UC's Te Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry visit North Canterbury's Tiromoana Bush to measure tree growth and regeneration as a result of the restoration project, which began 15 years ago.


EuanMason

11 May 2020

Congratulations go to Professor Euan Mason who has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Chartered Foresters in the UK.


Shayne Gooch

05 May 2020

The University of Canterbury’s College of Engineering is offering a new opportunity that fast-tracks entry into a professional engineering degree, especially tailored for technically skilled workers whose jobs may have been impacted by the pandemic.


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10 January 2020

Fergus Simpson, 22, from UC’s School of Forestry planned to spend his summer in Australia on a forestry internship but instead found himself among fire fighters battling the blaze to help the community of rural town Tumut.


Associate Professor Justin Morgenroth

04 December 2019

Associate Professor Justin Morgenroth, from the University of Canterbury’s School of Forestry, has won the 2019 University of Canterbury (UC) Early and Emerging Career Researcher Award. The award recognises outstanding contributions to research made by a UC academic in the first decade of their career.


Manley

16 October 2019

The University of Canterbury’s Head of the School of Forestry, Professor Bruce Manley, has won a Forestry Science Award for his dedication to, and leadership within, forestry research, and his innovative work on carbon forestry.


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07 March 2019

The Prime Minister Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern has presented Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau (Te Uru Rākau Forestry Scholarships) to eight outstanding new students at a special forestry scholarship awards ceremony at the University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha (UC).


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19 February 2019

A BioHeritage project co-led by a University of Canterbury academic has inspired the creation of what could be the ultimate biodiversity guide for New Zealand farmers.


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27 August 2018

Innovative, tall timber framing has risen on the University of Canterbury’s Ilam campus, as a new building, honouring alumna ‘Queen of the Cosmos’ Beatrice Tinsley, advances multi-storey timber-framed construction in New Zealand.