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OPINION: NZ’s rural communities risk being decimated as carbon investors buy up farmland and ever-encroaching pine forests take over more of the country.

The Government is teaming up with the forestry and wood-processing sector to attract an additional 5000 workers to the sector.

MPI is wanting to provide guidance around potential contracts signed by small forest owners – many of whom are farm foresters.

The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says its members and the supply chain are gearing up to meet the challenge of getting back to work on Tuesday 28 April.

The Hound reckons news that an Austrian billionaire has been granted consent to purchase an $8m Hill Country farm, is living proof that the NZ First’s billion tree policy is a disaster for farming in this country.

The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says it’s working closely with the Government on its $28m relief package for Gisborne forestry workers.

The Government is spending $28 million to redeploy almost 300 forestry workers.

Tairāwhiti’s wood processing sector will receive funding through the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) to support the local economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

An Austrian billionaire has been granted consent to purchase an $8m Hill Country farm.

Export prices for meat achieved their highest-ever level in the December 2019 quarter, Stats NZ said today.