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The Fast & Forward Forestry Expo, New Zealand’s first ever forestry expo event will come to Rotorua this week.

Convictions and fines totalling over $100,000 have been imposed for environmental damage caused by a “highly careless” pine woodlot harvest and associated earthworks on a farm in northern Waikato.

Southland District Council (SDC) says it will prioritise the rules around plantation forestry as part of a wider review of the Natural Features and Landscapes plan change.

A law change that will require overseas investors prove their forestry conversions will benefit New Zealand passed its final reading in Parliament yesterday.

An innovative high-tech approach to forestry management could transform New Zealand’s forestry industry, Forestry Minister Stuart Nash and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.

Seeing plastic tree protectors in the forest prompted a Christchurch cardboard packaging manufacturer to try something different - and now the business is booming.

Last issue we asked Rural News readers whether they supported the Groundswell NZ protests on Friday 16 July.

Spaces are filling fast for a workshop being held in Te Kūiti in February on integrating trees and forests into the farm business.

The Government will provide up to $1.69 million through the One Billion Trees programme to Māori landowners.

John Jackson on the ugly side of forestry.