What of the Future?
This is an age of new materials: it has not on that account ceased to be an age of wood. On the contrary, wood, which is among the oldest, is paradoxically proving itself to be one of the most fascinatingly modern of man's materials. Thanks to recent research, indeed, it may be said that wood has itself become a new material, with an extended range of uses. In the new form of glue-laminated timber, for example, it is now being used in spectacular ways in both architectural and engineering construction and is challenging steel as a structural material. It is clear from developments of this kind that wood will be one of the materials of tomorrow—as much needed as ever. And planned forestry by the N.Z. Forest Service and by private enterprise will ensure that the demand for it will be met unfailingly. Forestry is forever Inserted in the interests of forest protection by the New Zealand Forest Service FF2.4
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Forest and Bird, Issue 139, 1 February 1961, Page 19
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