Eastland Wood Council

05/11/2025

Now That's an Idea had EWC Chair Julian Kohn on to chat about forestry and land transition in Tairāwhiti

17/10/2025

That’s a wrap!
2025 results:
4th place - Ralph
3rd place - Peta
2nd place - Reihana

2025 Tairāwhiti Golden Loader - Manu Jensen from Flight Logging 👏🏽👏🏽

Woolley of the day - Tyrone with his extra log!

A huge mihi to our Judges Aaron and Clayton, and our amazing emcee Kahu!!

Thanks to all that came out and had a go, came out and watched, and came out to give us a hand. Might see you next year!

17/10/2025

Our last competitor for the Tairāwhiti Golden Loaders 2025 - Tony Hill from Hill logging

17/10/2025

Competitor #7 Manu Jensen from Flight Logging, Turangi

17/10/2025

Competitor #6 Reihana Chase - our second loader from Blackstump today starting his unload

17/10/2025

Competitor #5 Peta Rewita from A&R Logging loading his first packet

17/10/2025

Competitor #4 Alex Croskery from Blackstump Logging loading his first packet

17/10/2025

Competitor #3 Ralph Porter from Diack Contracting doing his unload

17/10/2025

Competitor #2 Travis Young from Newton Harvesting, Taranaki

17/10/2025

Competitor #1 up and running
Tyrone Brown from Forestry Harvest Solutions

17/10/2025

THANK YOU

The very first Tairāwhiti Golden Loaders is ready to go Saturday from 830am!! We wouldn’t be able to do this without our amazing sponsors:

Kuru Contracting Limited
A F Thompson Contracting Ltd
Terra Cat
Terrain Industries
Gisborne Chainsaw and Mower Services
AB Equipment
Shaw's
NZ Safety Blackwoods

Crowds can see precision log stacking live as contest joins show's range of attractions.

16/10/2025

EWC is set up and ready for the 2025 show weekend at Gisborne Showgrounds!
Friday we have our Forestry Hub - showcasing industry trainers and contributors EIT Tairāwhiti, Matapuna Training Centre, Turanga Ararau, Drive 35 and WorkSafe New Zealand - come down and have a korero with kaimahi about the different training courses they provide!

Saturday we have the very first Tairāwhiti Golden Loaders from 830am-130pm with operators from near and far coming in to see who has the skills to be the top loader of 2025!