Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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.
New Zealand's primary sector has added steel to the country’s economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recently released report.
Federated Farmers is asking the government to restrict the right of its farmer members to plant trees or sell their land for forestry, claims the NZ Forest Owners Association (NZFOA).
If elected next term, Labour says it will require resource consent for any conversion of highly productive farmland into forestry.
If elected next term, Labour says it will require resource consent for any conversion of highly productive farmland into forestry.
Bunnings’ decision to no longer sell timber from an Australian state-owned forestry agency that breached conservation laws is being criticised.
‘Slanted and scaremongering’ is how the Southern North Island Wood Council describes Beef + Lamb NZ’s figures on forestry conversions.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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