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The Fieldays Forestry Hub returns to Fieldays in 2026 for the fifth consecutive year, highlighting the important role forestry and wood processing play in supporting New Zealand's economy, environment, and regional communities.

Two forestry companies have been sentenced for road failures that led to the death of Coromandel truck driver Greg Stevens.

Additional reductions to costs for forest owners in the Emissions Trading Scheme Registry (ETS) have been announced by the Government.

A New Zealand-first native tree study has highlighted the Bioeconomy Science Institute's position as a forestry research leader.

OPINION: Forestry is not all bad and planting pine trees on land that is prone to erosion or in soils which cannot support livestock farming makes sense.

Farmers who find the land next to them is about to be converted into forestry, face potential damage and costly consequences.

Convictions and fines totalling $112,500 have been imposed on a logging company for repeated environmental damage on a farm near Wahi between August 2022 and October 2023.

Red meat farmers are urging the Government to act on the growing number of whole sheep and beef farm sales for conversion to forestry, particularly carbon farming.

OPINION: Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE).

Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE).