New Zealand Forest Owners Association

21 Dec 2005

The NZ Forest Owners Association says it welcomes the decision by government to remove the carbon tax in its current form.

21 Dec 2005

New Zealand forest owners expect their industry will benefit from progress made in World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong last week.

15 Dec 2005

New Zealand and Canada today hosted a seminar to promote liberalised trade in forest products at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong.

15 Dec 2005

Representatives of the global forest industry have told Ministers in Hong Kong that freer trade in forest products would be good for business, good for development and good for the environment.

4 Oct 2005

Forest owners and farmers on the North Island’s west coast between Waverley and Otaki want the right to control sambar deer on their land.

9 Sep 2005

The launch of the Wood Processors Association is seen by forest owners as an important step in the evolution of the forest industry.

15 Aug 2005

Accident rates in forestry have tumbled and forest owners are chuffed.

26 Jul 2005

Forest owners are welcoming NZ First and United Future policies which call for an increase in government-funded tree planting schemes.

25 Jul 2005

Forest owners say downstream damage and siltation during the recent Coromandel floods would have been much worse if there had been fewer pine plantations in the hills. 

13 Jul 2005

The forest industry is concerned that the debate over T1.2 treated timber is shifting focus away from the real cause of leaky building problems — design and building standards.