Forestry

Gisborne District Council was warned in a report more than seven months ago that forestry debris was likely to cause huge damage in another big storm.

Last week's torrential rain dumped one million tonnes of forest debris on Tolaga Bay farms. Even mature trees wouldn't have stayed standing in those conditions, forest experts say.

Forestry registration rights are to be brought under the control of the Overseas Investment Office, which will have its processes streamlined.

The government needs to change its approach to forestry and communicate better with farmers, a consultant says.

The Forest Owners Association says there are terrific opportunities for farmers to get into forestry now the government's announced an ambitious scheme to plant an extra billion trees in the next…

A forestry consultant is calling for the New Zealand forest industry to shorten the harvesting period for radiata pine trees to plug a predicted slow-down of wood supply.

Northland timber millers are praising the new government's plans to invest in forestry.

The new policies announced by the incoming government this week are a mixed bag for the rural sector, Federated Farmers says.

Two trustees of a Māori-owned forest in the Far North have been charged with a million-dollar fraud.

Foreign investment in forestry is crucial and New Zealand could never afford to buy back all the forests it has sold, the Forest Owners Association says.

Northern iwi welcome a call to re-establish a Forestry Service, saying more investment should be put into processing the wood.