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• Further tax changes possible
  Monday, January 17, 2022
  Changes are possible to the ‘cost of standing timber’ provisions of the Income Tax Act.  Farm Forestry members have been working to help willing owners aggregate their forests for economies…
• Forest Owners say Fish and Game barking up the wrong tree
  Thursday, December 09, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association says Fish and Game’s criticism of exotic plantation forests doesn’t accord with reality. “Fish and Game is, quite simply, barking up the wrong tree when it…
• Changing causes and impacts of unwanted fires in our forest and rural landscapes
  Friday, December 03, 2021
  Commercial forests and climate change are regularly cited as contributors to an increase in  unwanted rural fires in New Zealand. However, evidence suggests other factors are exacerbating the causes and…
• Consultation opens for registration of forestry advisers and log traders
  Thursday, November 25, 2021
  Key players in the forestry industry are encouraged to have their say on the design of a new registration system for log traders and forestry advisors with consultation opening today.…
• Forest Owners says lessons for New Zealand in UN Wood-Based Products Report
  Friday, November 19, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association says the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has laid down a blueprint for the New Zealand forest and wood industry, with the release of ‘Forest Products…
• New Zealand Forest Owners sign on to International Wood Manifesto leading into COP26
  Thursday, October 28, 2021
  The New Zealand Forest Owners Association has joined 17 other forest and timber organisations around the world in launching the International Wood Manifesto in London, to lead into the crucial…
• Forest Owners say ‘back the bat’
  Tuesday, October 26, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association is urging its members and the public to vote for the pekapeka – the Long-Tailed Bat - in the Forest and Bird sponsored Bird of the…
• Forest Owners says extra planting ‘just as well’ given slippage on carbon reduction targets
  Friday, October 15, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association is saying that foresters’ intentions to plant more trees is an immediate and practical insurance against New Zealand not achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. The Association…
• EDS attack on forestry ignores threat of climate change
  Friday, September 17, 2021
  The forest industry is calling a media statement from the Environmental Defence Society an ill-informed rant against forestry which ignores the threat of climate change. Forest Owners Association President, Phil…
• East Coast Councils’ anti-forestry drive environmentally and economically destructive
  Thursday, September 16, 2021
  Foresters are calling a proposed anti-forestry coalition of local bodies a prejudiced step backwards in time and destructive for their communities both environmentally and economically. The mayors of Tararua and…
• Recognition for Forestry's Highest Achievers in 2021.
  Monday, August 23, 2021
  The New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF) has announced the winners of its prestigious 2021 awards. In what has been an exceptionally volatile year for many, the forestry sector remains a significant…
• Forest Owners welcome Te Uru Rakau appointment
  Monday, August 09, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association says the appointment of Jason Wilson to head Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service, is absolutely appropriate for the huge challenges and opportunities facing…
• Foresters say afforestation report raises more questions than it answers
  Wednesday, August 04, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association says the Beef+Lamb commissioned survey on forest planting rates is nowhere near robust nor detailed enough to draw a conclusion that the government should impose controls…
• Pressure mounting across entire forestry supply chain as port build ups highlight issues
  Wednesday, July 28, 2021
  Forestry Industry Contractors Association (FICA) is calling for an all of forestry strategy to deal with the mounting pressure on the entire forestry supply chain, currently being highlighted by build-ups…
• Forest Owners sharing primary sector concerns
  Thursday, July 15, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association is sympathising with some farmer frustrations over the pace of regulations being imposed on the primary sector. Forest Owners Association President Phil Taylor says the time…
• Forest Owners say production trees are potentially farming’s biggest friend
  Tuesday, July 06, 2021
  The President of the Forest Owners Association has told delegates to the Primary Industries Summit in Christchurch that forestry offers many opportunities for farmers. He said trees versus food production…
• Commission’s ETS change risks forest planting targets
  Tuesday, June 08, 2021
  The forest industry says the Climate Change Commission is risking forest planting rates by stating that the current Emissions Trading Scheme ‘will incentivise more production forestry than needed.’ The final…
• Forest owners say forests are productive and vital in meeting climate change goals
  Monday, May 17, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association says the Federated Farmers’ call for the government to restrict forest planting ranks as an unnecessary intrusion on the right of farmers to plant trees on…
• Te Uru Rakau – NZ Forest Service explores biofuels as a major opportunity for New Zealand
  Monday, May 10, 2021
  Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service is laying the foundations for a new biofuels industry, to turn forestry waste into a potential billion-dollar industry, and working on a…
• KTM Supreme Winner at Forestry Awards
  Monday, May 10, 2021
  The best of best in the region’s forestry industry were toasted at a sell-out Southern North Island Wood Council Training Awards dinner last night. The supreme winner, found from the…