Latest from Forests

Sheep numbers fall, dairy cows reach record

Sheep numbers have continued to fall, dairy cow numbers are rising and grain crops increased markedly, latest agricultural production figures show.

Drought driving kiwi into daylight

Campaign to save tropical forests failed by food giants

Western food manufacturers are buying so little sustainable palm oil that the system set up to limit damage to tropical forests caused by the world's cheapest vegetable oil is in danger of collapse.

Carter Holt in $225m dairy farm sell-off

Carter Holt Harvey is putting 29 dairy farms on the market, asking $224.5 million in the biggest single offering of farm land seen in NZ.

Police disappointed after wrong family advised of death

Police slam the "negligent behaviour" of a person who informed the wrong family about a tragic logging death after listening in on a police scanner.

Eavesdropper tells wrong family of death

An eavesdropper informed the wrong family that a relative of their's had died following a forestry accident today.

New Zealand: 100 per cent pure hype

<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Minister faces hidden perils in race-based forestry deal

Kokako hear home songs

Michele Hewitson Interview: David Bellamy

Subdivisions stalk lake edges

Navy blocks green-finger granny

An 82-year-old woman who turned a dump into a native walkway is told to quit by the Navy.

<i>Kevin Hackwell:</i> Ecological gems far too precious for open-cast mines

<i>Editorial:</i> Mining review needs to strike good balance

Carbon price cap 'could increase emissions'

Greens counter Govt emissions claim with new study