Displaying items by tag: forestry

Some New Zealand forestry contractors remain unable to get back to work, reliant on landowners to grant re-entry to the forests.

OPINION: Forestry Minister Stuart Nash recently chose Wairoa, one of the epicentres of conversion of farms to forests, to justify current policy and explain why an inquiry into forestry slash was not needed.

The forestry sector continues to attract young New Zealanders, claims  New Zealand Forest Services as seven applicants join the Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau – Forestry Scholarship programme.

The Fast & Forward Forestry Expo, New Zealand’s first ever forestry expo event will come to Rotorua this week.

Convictions and fines totalling over $100,000 have been imposed for environmental damage caused by a “highly careless” pine woodlot harvest and associated earthworks on a farm in northern Waikato.

Southland District Council (SDC) says it will prioritise the rules around plantation forestry as part of a wider review of the Natural Features and Landscapes plan change.

A law change that will require overseas investors prove their forestry conversions will benefit New Zealand passed its final reading in Parliament yesterday.

An innovative high-tech approach to forestry management could transform New Zealand’s forestry industry, Forestry Minister Stuart Nash and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.

Seeing plastic tree protectors in the forest prompted a Christchurch cardboard packaging manufacturer to try something different - and now the business is booming.

Last issue we asked Rural News readers whether they supported the Groundswell NZ protests on Friday 16 July.