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Ernslaw One announce appointment of Darren Mann as CEO

30/07/2021

*BOARD OF ERNSLAW ONE APPOINTS NEW CEO*
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Ernslaw One announces Paul Nicholls as Interim Chief Executive Officer

12/07/2019

The Board of Directors of Ernslaw One is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Nicholls to the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer commencing on Monday 8th July 2019. As Interim CEO, Paul will have responsibility for Ernslaw’s forestry-related activities covering financial, operational and community performance. This will include a review of all systems and processes within the company and a recommendation to the Board for the appointment of a permanent CEO.
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Ernslaw One mourns the passing of Managing Director Thomas Song

15/04/2019

Ernslaw One Ltd advises with deep sadness and regret that its founding Managing Director Thomas Song has passed away yesterday following a sudden illness.
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Respecting diversity in our workplace

27/03/2019

Respecting diversity in our workplace
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Ernslaw helps enable broadband communication for the Waihopai Valley

05/11/2016

Ernslaw One has made a site available high above the Waihopai Valley in Marlborough to help enable the government’s Rural Broadband Initiative.  Broadband services were previously unavailable for farmers and vineyard operators in the valley.  The new system also provides localised cell coverage in the vicinity of each broadband hub, as mobile coverage does not exists in the upper Waihopai valley. 
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Ernslaw’s Keewai best in class at NZ Food Awards

01/10/2016

The NZ Food Awards are an opportunity to showcase New Zealand’s top foods.  Ernslaw’s aquaculture division is permitted to farm Koura (NZ freshwater crayfish) in some of our South Island forests.  Manager John Hollows submitted the product’s resume (branded as “Keewai”) and arranged live Koura for preparation by top chefs at the 2016 awards.  The judges were very complimentary of the quality of the product, the story and the packaging.  Provenance is becoming very important in food circles and the natural, chemical free, tasty freshwater crayfish produced in our forest’s ticked all the boxes.  The Food Award has benefited Ernslaw One as it demonstrates that the company’s forest and fresh water management systems are environmentally sound, as Keewai will not grow in polluted environments. 
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2016 Southland Community Environment Award goes to Ernslaw One

06/07/2016

Environment Southland’s 2016 Southland Community Environment Award went to Ernslaw One for diversifying its business using areas that are unsuitable for growing trees, by creating hundreds of ponds in frost zones, in unplanted riparian areas near waterways and in powerlines corridors to farm freshwater crayfish.
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Forestry Environmental Management Excellence Award

02/05/2016

Greg Kendall and Paul Hart of Ernslaw’s Naseby forest won the Forestry Environmental Management Excellence Award at the Southern Wood Council Forestry Awards 2016.  Otago Regional Council ORC chairman Stephen Woodhead, when presenting Greg and Paul with that award, stated:
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Kiwi to be released in Coromandel

03/02/2014

Kiwi conservation group Project Kiwi Trust is working with sustainable forestry company Ernslaw One to build New Zealand’s Coromandel kiwi population.
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Forest Harvesting Crew instrumental in rare New Zealand Falcon protection

12/02/2013

A forest logging crew working in a pine plantation on the East Coast has taken steps to protect four Karearea New Zealand Falcon fledglings following their discovery in early January.
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Forester forms safe haven for kiwi

27/07/2012

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Eastland Forestry Awards 2010

10/05/2010

On Friday 7th May, the inaugural Eastland Wood Council Forestry Awards were held in Gisborne. This was an opportunity to recognize and celebrate outstanding individuals, contractors and companies within the Eastland workforce. It was a hugely successful night, selling out weeks in advance of the event, with great support from across the region.
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