Carbon price rise could inflate log exports
11 February 2021
Global log markets could be distorted by forest owners delaying harvest to take advantage of a rapid rise in the price of New Zealand carbon units.
FORESTRY ARCHIVES
Rates rise targets plantation forestry
29 January 2021
Forest owners in the Wairoa district are unhappy at a recent targeted rates increase they believe is unfair, but other councils around the country have either already adopted or are considering similar moves.
Rise in farmland for forestry purchases
3 December 2020
Foreign-owned forestry companies have bought 29 livestock farms covering 26,308ha since 2017, which they have converted to forestry.
Gov’t pushes on with tree limits
12 November 2020
The Government has signalled it intends to push ahead with its aim to enable councils to limit the area that can be placed in trees in some parts of the country.
NZ forestry markets overview | Sarah Friel, AgriHQ analyst
6 November 2020
In this presentation Sarah explains New Zealand's forestry markets and gives an overview of the 2020 situation.
Wall of wood threatens local processors
5 November 2020
New Zealand needs to get ahead of a wall of subsidised wood products heading this way as overseas players shore up their processing industries in response to the covid-19 pandemic, local manufacturers say.
Forestry picks up cadets with covid support
3 November 2020
After picking up an additional 250 staff through covid work initiatives, the forestry sector is feeling positive about its harvest and planting capacity over coming months.
Foreign investors get land purchase approval
2 November 2020
Two foreign-owned forestry companies have been given Government approval to buy land in multiple transactions without requiring approval for each purchase from the Overseas Investment Office.
Foresters keen on single ministry
28 October 2020
A combined agriculture-forestry portfolio is one of the forestry industry’s hopes as the Government allocates ministers’ roles in the post-election shuffle.
Election meddling with billion trees’ success
29 September 2020
Forest owners are concerned forest plantings under the Government’s One Billion Trees plan risks stalling and becoming politicised as election year debate rises over forest plantings.
