30 June 2015
Sydney-based investment manager New Forests has announced the purchase today of a 4,000 hectare forestry right in the Hautu-Rangipo region near Turangi in the central North Island of New Zealand. The right was acquired as part of a back-to-back deal with Hautu-Rangipo Whenau Limited (HRWL), a newly formed Tūwharetoa Limited Partnership. HRWL was established to purchase the forests and underlying land from the Crown.
4 June 2015
The Government has today launched a new tool for exporters of New Zealand-grown forestry products to help combat illegal logging of tropical forests, Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew says.
3 June 2015
A project which is experimenting with fast-growing, drought-resistant trees has outlined plans to plant 100,000 ha of forest in the driest parts of New Zealand.
15 May 2015
The rebooted Afforestation Grant Scheme gives the Government the most productive carbon credit-bearing years of a tree's life, carbon forestry promoter Ollie Belton says.
11 May 2015
The Government has today confirmed a multi-million dollar reboot of the popular Afforestation Grant Scheme (AGS), Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew says.
21 April 2015
16 April 2015
A Wairau Valley forestry block balancing good business with good conservation was one of the winners at the Marlborough Environment Awards.
10 April 2015
The Government's vision of doubling the value of exports from the primary sector has become a lot hazier in the last few days as the Kiwi dollar moves into parity with its Australian counterpart, say wood processors.
10 April 2015
Rotorua Lakes Council in NZ has adopted a Wood First Policy and action plan. The policy, aimed at encouraging use of wood products and supporting the district's vital wood industry, was adopted at a meeting of the council's Strategy, Policy & Finance Committee on 1 April.
