by admin | Dec 18, 2025 | UAV's / Drones
Beyond Line of Sight Operations Certification At Interpine Innovation, we’re proud to operate under CAA Part 102 Certification, enabling us to fly drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS). This capability is a game-changer for our clients and the wider forestry and...
by admin | Dec 17, 2025 | Deep Learning / Ai, Environmental, UAV's / Drones
At Interpine Innovation, we’re proud to have partnered in a groundbreaking trial that is transforming how New Zealand tackles one of its most persistent agricultural challenges: bovine tuberculosis (TB). The government recently launched a trial in Central Otago to...
by David Herries | Nov 21, 2025 | LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
We’re excited to announce a major leap forward for Interpine’s drone services team: the integration of the DJI Zenmuse L3 LiDAR sensor into our fleet. This upgrade represents a new era in precision forestry mapping and large-scale terrain analysis. What This Means for...
by admin | Nov 18, 2025 | LiDAR, TreeTools, UAV's / Drones
Interpine is proud to announce the launch of TreeTools TreeTools hosts two platforms – VirtualPlot and SilvaCloud, each desinged to help users optimise descision making before, during and after thinning events. This launch marks a significant milestone, and is...
by David Herries | Nov 14, 2025 | LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
At Interpine Innovation, we’re taking stockpile management to the next level. Our advanced drone and LiDAR technology delivers accurate measurements of wood chip piles, quarry stockpiles, and more—all in record time, with same-day volume reports. Precision &...
by David Herries | Oct 23, 2025 | Deep Learning / Ai, UAV's / Drones
We’re thrilled to announce our latest upgrade to the DJI Matrice 400 drone platform — unlocking a new era of aerial capability for forestry and environmental operations. What’s New? Longer Flight Times Capture more in a single flight with extended battery life — ideal...
by admin | Jun 25, 2025 | Company Updates, UAV's / Drones
Explore our head office at 99 Sala Street, Rotorua, like never before with our stunning 3D model! Captured using the cutting-edge DJI Matrice 4E, this drone delivers unparalleled detail through advanced automated flight modes, photogrammetry, and 3D mesh creation. As...
by admin | May 29, 2025 | Training, UAV's / Drones
In partnership with FenixUAS, Interpine is offers a comprehensive 5-day course designed to get you operational with drones. Designed for professionals you want to uptake this new technology in their daily roles. This course is perfect for anyone looking to harness...
by admin | Feb 12, 2025 | Training, UAV's / Drones
We are excited to announce our 2025 drone course dates! In partnership with FenixUAS, Interpine is offering a comprehensive 5-day course designed to get you operational with drones. This course is perfect for anyone looking to harness drone technology in the...
by admin | Jan 25, 2025 | TreeTools, UAV's / Drones
More often, you are needing to conduct your flights with terrain following feature. Terrain follow is suggested for sites with varying elevations and helps to ensure a consistent ground sampling distance across the survey area. It is also needed for TreeTools...
by admin | Jan 6, 2025 | Company Updates, GIS and Mapping, Remote sensing, UAV's / Drones
We are pleased to announce that our drone operations have successfully renewed our CAA Part 102 Certification just before Christmas 2024. This being extended the maximum allowable period of 5 years through to 2029. This achievement reaffirms our professional drone...
by admin | Jul 21, 2024 | Health and Safety, UAV's / Drones
The success of FlightAdvisorNZ.io NZ in reducing aircraft conflicts through their low-level flight advisory service for both manned and unmanned aircraft in uncontrolled airspace in New Zealand cannot be overstated. Enhancing Airspace Safety with FlightAdvisor During...
by admin | Feb 22, 2024 | Industrial / Engineering, UAV's / Drones
Our Drone UAV team uses drone-based SLAM LiDAR technology that can work in GPS-denied environments to collect data and calculate product/material volumes for inventory stocktaking. Getting warehouse stockpile volumes in tight spaces and internal warehouses could...
by admin | May 10, 2023 | Environmental, Forest Inventory, Harvesting, Planet Satellite Imagery, UAV's / Drones
The Hawkes Bay Forestry Group has released the findings of their post-Cyclone Gabrielle Woody Debris Assessment, encompassing the coastal areas and significant catchments of Hawke’s Bay. In this study, our team utilized Planet satellite data which has available...
by admin | May 10, 2023 | Environmental, LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
In July 2022 a winter storm dropped 550 mm of precipitation on the Southern Alps of New Zealand. This initiated large snow avalanches and a mass movement cycle of debris flows, and erosion, which was the largest observed in decades. Our drone lidar surveys were used...
by admin | Mar 11, 2023 | Forest Health, Forest Inventory, Harvesting, Log Measurement, UAV's / Drones, Valuation, Value Recovery
Using AI to detect windthrow or toppled trees and quantify damage across a stand can allow forest managers to understand the next steps. In this example, a heatmap on the damaged windthrown stems per hectare is provided using down-tree detection using deep learning....
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Cutover Debris Assessment, Forest Inventory, Harvesting, Log Measurement, Slash Assessment, UAV's / Drones
Objective Quantify woody debris / slash content along the coastal, and inland catchment areas, characterizing it by woody debris source or type, volume per hectare, and the total volume accumulated. Sampling Methodology Review Line Intercept Sampling Plots Due to the...
by admin | Jun 3, 2022 | UAV's / Drones
The Interpine team has recently been working with RNZAF Flight Advisor Service which has been created with NZDF and Aeropath. It is a simple way pilots can access any of our registered UAV flights simply and easily via Flight Advisor (flightadvisornz.io). Targeting...
by David Herries | May 26, 2022 | UAV's / Drones, Wildfire
Learn more about the innovation in drones and there use in wildfires with this great webinar where Interpine is presenting alongside with the DJI Enterprise team on the advancements drones and their place on the modern fire...
by admin | Apr 11, 2022 | Forest Inventory, LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
2022 ForestTech Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand. Key Note Address | ‘Technology on Steroids’: Remote Sensing, Forest Data Capture & Inventory Management – Past, Present and Future.David Herries, Director, Interpine ForestTECH Events has, since 2007,...
