Targeted forestry rates 'a blunt instrument'
"It’s about looking for an equitable way of covering that cost.”
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Council concern over logging damage to Whanganui roads
'This isn't concentrated to just one area, it's network-wide.'
'We are a community in crisis': Gisborne mayor
Tairāwhiti Gisborne has had three states of emergency this year alone.
Forestry group slams ETS reform as 'vandalism'
Climate Forestry Association CEO Andrew Cushen says the system is already working.
Boost in fight against predators, as NZCF takes half share in NZ AutoTraps
The parties say the deal will boost the country’s fight against predators and pests.
'Wall of silence': WorkSafe official admits fatality probe stalled by lack of evidence
'I just don’t have the information I need.'
Analysis: Climate disasters hurt some NZ businesses more than others
Weather disaster analysis raises need for needs-based recovery packages, not blanket ones.
Ngāti Porou say failure to act on forestry slash inquiry not an option
Iwi leader Selwyn Parata wants action, not more kōrero.
Tairāwhiti residents thankful for forestry after cyclone damage
It follows a report into the devastation caused by slash during Cyclone Gabrielle.
Ikea-linked Dutch forestry giants buy 1600ha more land
Ministerial inquiry into destructive slash examining what needs to change.
Marty Verry: Forestry wants our carbon, not your debt
Opinion: Kiwi wood processors compete using world's costliest logs, so what's the answer?
Sir Paul Adams, Ted Manson: Raised in state houses, billion-dollar sales success
What can we learn from them? What is their new direction these days?
Declined: Bids fall short in NZ carbon auction
Tinkering with carbon units has 'turned the market off'.
Cyclone Gabrielle: National candidates fight to widen slash inquiry
The party is ramping up efforts to get Hawke's Bay into the forestry slash inquiry.
Foreigners double NZ land purchases: post-Covid recovery
Largest deals are often offshore parties selling Kiwi assets to other overseas entities.
Māori leaders warn of legal action over ETS forestry changes
Landowners mulling legal action to stop proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme.
1500 new meat, forestry, dairy workers could jet in
With meat industry hit and calving season approaching, hundreds more workers fast-tracked.
OIO approves Austrian aristocrat's farm purchase for forestry conversion
The aristocrat has been given approval to buy another farm in NZ to plant pine trees on.
Gisborne farm leader rallies against carbon sink fears
"If the farm goes, so does the school" - Toby Williams, Federated Farmers.
Forestry companies fined $756k after East Coast fatality
Both companies failed to ensure the dangerous work was being carried out safely
Farmers back moves to tighten up on forest planting
Farmers support Labour's plan to curtail conversion of pastoral land for forestry.
Brian Stanley: Forestry is our lost opportunity to recover from Covid 19 coronavirus
Comment: NZ, as the last country with open export of logs, is giving locals a raw deal.
Foreign forest interests test Shane Jones' Kiwi job defence
Shane Jones draws line in sand over foreign forestry attack on his Kiwi job defence.
Don't pick 'wood-first' favourites - Concrete NZ
Favouring one industry could cost jobs in others, the Government has been warned.
Wood processors running out of logs
Wood processors are hoping for a quick return to harvesting next week.
Foresters, processors readying for restart
"The longer we leave it, the more of a shortage there is going to be," industry says.
Site blessing for new forestry service and DOC offices
It is hoped construction will finish at the end of next year.
NZ loggers feel the pinch after price slump
Logging contractors are letting staff go or are working on reduced hours.
Fonterra board loses power over director candidate choice
New rules curb Fonterra board's room to interfere in farmer-director elections.
Comment: Why Shane Jones' Billion Tree scheme will fail
Comment: China takes 75% of our logs, you could say we have all our logs in one basket.
Exclusive: US billionaire's $50m golf course plan for NZ
Two new public golf courses planned by US billionaire for Auckland region.
Overseas investment law change a potential $4b forestry earner boost: Jones
Jones hopes the relaxed Overseas Investment law will boost forestry investment.
OIO changes send mixed messages to investors
In 2017, the incoming Government issued a new ministerial directive letter to the OIO.