Farm Forestry New Zealand

• Trees on Farms Videos: Returns from Harvesting
  Farmers talk about their recent experiences (around 2011) in harvesting small blocks of Radiata pine that were planted for erosion control, or on marginal land. Their income ranged from $15-50,000…

• Video's of member's properties that include returns from trees on farms»

• Video's of member's properties that include retirement and succession with trees on farms»

• Is your forest insurance cover still suitable?
  Jo McIntosh, August 2015
  There is nothing like a significant disaster to get people rushing to review their insurance cover. That sinking feeling and wondering if you are covered is never a good experience.…
• Drought and fires ? another challenging time for forest owners?
  Jo McIntosh, May 2015
  It has been another hot dry summer which once again has increased the risk of fires in rural New Zealand. There have been some recent high profile fires which caused…
• Insurance for forest and rural fire liabilities
  Jeremy Manks, February 2015
  All individuals or businesses are exposed to liability for damage or personal injury caused by fire. However the Forest and Rural Fires Act imposes extra liabilities within rural fire districts.…
• Changes in the forestry insurance market
  Geoff Manks, February 2014
  The NZI brand has been synonymous with New Zealand forestry insurance over the past 30 years. They entered the market when few other insurers would, or could, and built a…
• Forest owners’ liability insurance
  Jo McIntosh, February 2014
  As we look forward to some sunny days, owners of standing timber might also want to give some thought to the increased risk which a hot dry summer brings. If…
• Insure your trees and help benefit the NZFFA
  Jo McIntosh, November 2013
  Insuring trees is often overlooked, but standing timber can play an important role in the income of many farmers. It seems an anomaly that farm foresters more frequently choose to…
• Insurance for woodlots and farm foresters
  Darryl Hawke, May 2012
  There is a long history of farm forestry insurance in New Zealand. Although many small forest owners have sought to protect their investment with insurance, some have opted to take…
• What is risk management?
  Jane Marsick, May 2012
  All farms face risks which can potentially affect the assets or income. In terms of a small forest, many of the risks are fairly obvious such as fire or storm…
• Risk management and insurance
  Rural Fire Authority, May 2012
  The conversion of land from forestry to pasture has gained momentum in recent years. While most of this land is destined for dairying, many sheep and beef farmers retain forestry…
• Carbon insurance liability
  Geoff Manks, February 2012
  You may be a forester growing trees for the purpose of trading your carbon credits, or you may provide professional advice to those involved in carbon forestry, or carry out…
• Insuring carbon in your trees
  Geoff Manks, November 2010
  It is reasonable to ask how you can insure something which without help, you cannot see, hear or feel. Following the introduction of the ETS, forest owners who trade their…
• Risk management and insurance
  Keith Hales, February 2005
  This is the first of a two part series of articles on risk management and insurance. The next article will address insurance, but before considering spending money insuring your trees you…
• Forestry insurance - the next steps
  Keith Hales, May 2005
  The risk management article in the February issue of Tree Grower discussed the basics of managing risk. What was said there can be applied to any risk including driving a…

Information leaflets

• Taxation of forestry
  NZFFA Information leaflet No. 15 (2018). Definitions There are 3351 pages in the Income Tax Act 2007 and it keeps on getting longer. Because it treats farmers differently from foresters…
• Taxation of forestry
  NZFFA Information leaflet No. 15 (2005). Over the past couple of decades, a number of different regimes have provided for the taxation of forestry ventures. The following provides an overview of…

Tree Grower articles

• Forestry with lifestyle
  Murray Downs, May 2006
  Some business and tax advice for new owners seeking to combine forestry with lifestyle benefits. To be eligible for tax deductions on your forestry property, your activities need to qualify…
• Death, your forest and taxes
  Murray Downs, February 2006
  Two accountants are in a bank when armed robbers burst in. While several of the robbers take money from the tellers, others line the customers against a wall and proceed…
• Business and environment friendly tax changes
  Ian Cairns, November 2005
  Farm foresters could benefit from recently announced tax changes. These changes are designed to encourage environmental expenditure and site restoration, such as riparian and other new bush or forestry planting.…
• Are you in the business of forestry?
  Murray Downs, November 2005
  As a farm forester, what tree tax deductions are you entitled to? It all depends whether you are a lifestyler, investor, farmer or forester. This article looks at the main…
• Loss attributing qualifying companies: Perks and your checklist for quirks
  Murray Downs, May 2005
  From a purist’s tax perspective, using a loss attributing qualifying company (LAQC) to own your forest is a real perk. And the government knows it. An LAQC is a company…
• Buying or selling land with standing timber
  Murray Downs, February 2005
  When selling or buying property, there are two elements to consider with regard to standing timber – Will it be taxable? How is it valued? Standing timber by itself does…

• Video's of member's properties that include land tenure »

• Land tenure may appear simple - but beware the issues
  NZFFA Information leaflet No. 13 (2005). Land tenure essentially means ownership or occupancy rights in respect of land. This tenure can take many forms from simple, such as outright ownership of…
• Joint ventures have attractions - but beware the pitfalls
  NZFFA Information leaflet No. 14 (2005). Like a lot of other legal phrases, ‘joint venture’ is a term which is used pretty loosely to describe a whole range of relationships. It…

• Streamlining applications for overseas ownership in New Zealand forests clarifies investment signals
  March 2018
  The Forest Owners Association says streamlining the application process for overseas investment in New Zealand forests is a major step forward and will make clear to potential investors that New…
• Government recognises forestland and farmland different cases for overseas investment
  November 2017
  The Forest Owners Association says the government would be jeopardising its billion-tree target if it hadn’t separated forest and farmland in its ministerial directive to the Overseas Investment Office. The…
• New Zealand forest industry important nationally, regionally and environmentally – NZIER Report
  March 2017
  A report on the plantation forest industry has highlighted its value to national and regional economies, as well as forestry's beneficial effect on New Zealand's ecology. The NZIER Report was…
• Afforestation, Taxation, and the Paris Climate Talks
  December 2015
  The Paris climate deal is likely to focus Government’s attention on making the Emission Trading Scheme work to accelerate the national rate that land is afforested, either as new planting…
• International Year of the Forest Seminar on forestry organizational reform
  July 2011
  More than half a million hectares, which was afforested in New Zealand during the planting boom of the 1990s, and owned by 15,000 small scale forest proprietors, will be ready…
• National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry
  September 2010
  The Government is proposing a National Environmental Standard (as regulations under the Resource Management Act 1991) for plantation forestry. The intent is to improve national consistency in local authority plan…
• Illegal Logging Imports Must Stop
  August 2008
  Environmental and forestry groups today called upon the government to urgently toughen up regulations to stop products from illegally logged forests being imported or used in New Zealand. They also…