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Foreigners double NZ land purchases: post-Covid recovery

Largest deals are often offshore parties selling Kiwi assets to other overseas entities.

Forests would need to triple to account for agriculture emissions

"We cannot simply plant our way out of this problem" - PCE Simon Upton says.

Grieving dad takes private prosecution against logging firm after son's death

'I shouldn't have to fight this hard.'

National: FTA with EU a 'step forward' but agriculture 'missed opportunity'

National's trade spokesman Todd McClay gave the deal a '6 out of 10'.

Redwood gains a toehold in central NI forest plantations

Coastal redwood is growing in popularity as a plantation species for carbon and timber.

Overseas forestry investment company intends to be a good neighbour in NZ

Ingka Investments has been buying farming land in Otago, Southland and Hawke's Bay.

NZ all talk, no action on diversifying exports beyond China

Exporters as a whole have continued to focus on furthering their reach into China.

Lower kiwi dollar keeps export prices strong despite falls

The ANZ Commodity Index shows export prices rose in currency-adjusted terms.

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.

Discussion paper outlines tougher controls on carbon farming

Paper wants carbon farming controls to address loss of productive sheep and beef land.

Northland man denies being a driver who fired a gun during high speed police chase

Identity still the issue in re-trial for driver accused of firing gun during police chase

Rules helping foreign investors turn NZ farmland into forestry reviewed

Farming groups have raised concerns too much productive farmland is being lost.

Forestry worker crushed to death in North Canterbury

WorkSafe notified after worker in his 20s was unable to be saved.

Commodity price index shows lag in forestry, horticulture returns

Stronger dairy, meat, aluminium prices not enough to offset lower forestry & hort returns.