Gisborne farm leader rallies against carbon sink fears
"If the farm goes, so does the school" - Toby Williams, Federated Farmers.
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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.
Planting workshop prompts concerns in Tararua
Farmers already in an afforestation programme.
Christopher Luxon on Three Waters and carbon farming
Luxon's adjournment debate joke about Three Waters came from a place of concern.
Forestry fatality 'sad, unnecessary' reality of industry, says union
Coroner says participation of forestry personnel needed to develop fit-for-purpose ACOP.
Choppers contain forestry blaze in high winds
Fire is burning through slash in a forestry area near Mt Lyford.
Huge warehouse reflects confidence despite Covid export crisis
Recent report found that $1 out of every $16 in Hawke's Bay is generated by Pan Pac.
Man who stabbed police dog in head twice has prison sentence reduced
Northland police dog stabber's sentence reduced by three months.
Exclusive: Jacinda Ardern on climate, cows, and the next oil and gas ban
Jacinda Ardern talks planes, trains, cows - and what happened to the next oil and gas ban.
Focus Exclusive: Jacinda Ardern calls time on climate inaction
As COP 26 takes place in Glasgow, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to us about New Zealand's commitment to emissions reduction in an extended joint interview with the Herald, US broadcaster NBC and news agency AFP as part of Covering Climate Now, a coalition of international media reporting climate change. Video / NZ Herald
'Sobering': Seabed study flings mud at farmers and foresters
Run-off from dairy farms and forestry blocks smothering Marlborough Sounds seabed.
Weekday log train services between Napier and Wairoa to start Monday
The number of log trains between Wairoa and Napier will go from two to five next week.
Napier Port's use of methyl bromide to cease
Logs methyl bromide fumigation gets the axe as port strives to improve safety.
'Boom to bust': Timber merchants wary as demand hits record levels
The timber 'boom to bust' scenario was already pre-determined by activity overseas.
Local Focus: 20km of slashed road closed
20km of Mangatokerau Rd in Gisborne will be permanently closed due to 2013 storm damage.
Forestry leaders slam study of impact by Wairoa and Tararua councils
Forestry leaders say study will "put every obstacle in the way" of climate change goals.
Fallen trees pose more headaches for flood-hit farmers
High winds have brought down nearly 100 trees on sharemilker Rebecca Miller's property.
'Significant' changes for methyl bromide use underwhelm
Changes are coming for use of the gas at the Port of Tauranga but locals aren't impressed.
Pāmu reports a $29 million after tax profit
Positive result means Pāmu will pay a $5m dividend to its shareholder - the NZ Government.
Napier Port lifts Q3 earnings, no end in sight for supply chain disruption
Log exports have boosted Napier Port's Q3 earnings.
Building green: Nash on right side of history
Dubbed "wood first" policy by lobbyists, history to prove Nash right on building products.
High log and beef prices push overall exports to record $6 billion
Export earnings were up 17 per cent - or $871 million - in the year to June.
Forestry companies fined $756k after East Coast fatality
Both companies failed to ensure the dangerous work was being carried out safely
Malaysian firm to convert Southland farm into forestry block
Consent given to buy a nearly 460ha sheep and beef farm in Western Southland.
Watch: Armada of ships off Gisborne the biggest in a century
Red hot demand for logs, shipping and weather disruption means big queue.
Forestry worker who died in rural accident named
The funeral service for the forestry accident victim is on Monday.
Forestry worker in early 20s killed in rural Hawke's Bay
Police were notified of the Aropaoanui Road incident at 3.54pm on Wednesday.
Toxic timber filling up NZ's landfills
Some 400,000 tonnes of noxious waste is being dumped in the nation's landfills each year.
Immigration 'reset' backlash: Kiwis not willing to do some jobs, say bosses
People deserve to be paid their worth but that was easier said than done, some bosses say.
'Land theft by stealth' accusations against Northland council
Northlanders are concerned about alienation of their property rights through a new policy.