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Minister Nash – what were you thinking? 

Metals New Zealand CEO Nick Collins gives his take on the timber-first strategy for government buildings.

Tue, 15 Jun 2021

Last Friday, Forestry Minister Stuart Nash announced a timber-first strategy for government buildings to combat climate change – stating that "there is nothing you can do with steel and concrete that you can't do with timber". 

Is the Minister proposing that the new pedestrian/cycling bridge

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