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AICLST New Zealand conference opens registration

Published: July 26, 2022

Registration is open for the 12^th Asia International Conference on Leather Science and Technology (AICLST).

New Zealand to tax livestock emissions

Published: June 15, 2022

New Zealand has announced a plan to tax methane emissions from cattle and sheep in an effort to reduce greenhouse gases.

The nature of luxury sheepskin

Published: March 11, 2021

At Bowron Sheepskins we are proud of our 100 year history as international brand. Arriving in the new colony of New Zealand, two brothers, George and William Bowron, master tanners of Yorkshire, started a new life and a journey to realise their personal dream – to start a tannery of their own.

Post pandemic it is youth we will depend on

Published: March 3, 2021

The Executive Committee of the IULTCS has announced the two young leather scientist winners of the 2021 IUR research grants. The selected scientists are from Brazil and New Zealand.

IULTCS announces winners of research grant

Published: February 25, 2021

The Executive Committee of the IULTCS has announced the two winners of the 2021 IUR research grants. The selected scientists are from Brazil and New Zealand.

New Zealand beef farms becoming carbon neutral

Published: October 14, 2020

Local researchers claim that beef and sheep farmers in New Zealand are in the path to becoming carbon neutral.

Market value for meat co-products losing attractiveness

Published: July 15, 2020

Apart from meal and tallow, the market value for by-products from the meat processing industry is reported to have suffered significantly in recent years, with the leather industry in New Zealand seeing prices for hides and, more particularly, pelts lose much of their value.

Covid-19 pandemic forces New Zealand tannery to lay off workers

Published: July 8, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is said to have caused a significant decrease in orders for finished leather from the automotive and aviation sectors.

New Zealand declares butcher shops as “non-essential”

Published: March 27, 2020

Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, said that not every food outlet in the country could remain open during the coronavirus lockdown.

Nike temporarily closes stores across the globe

Published: March 17, 2020

The sportswear manufacturer said it is closing several stores worldwide, including in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand to limit the spread of COVID-19.