Green Rush

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• Forestry conversions rules 'totally out of control'

  In Depth

  31 Oct 2019

  

  Wealthy European buyers have snapped up four more sheep and beef farms to convert to forestry, as rural concerns over the sales ramp up.

  Forestry conversions rules 'totally out of control'

• Govt gives Japanese-owned company free pass to buy NZ land

  New Zealand In Depth

  24 Oct 2019

  

  Land Information Minister and Green MP Eugenie Sage has given a foreign-owned forestry company a free pass to buy thousands of hectares of New Zealand land without applying to the OIO.

  Govt gives Japanese-owned forestry company Pan Pac Forest Products free pass to buy NZ land

• The New Zealanders holding vigils for chickens

  In Depth

  22 Oct 2019

  

  Meet the people showing love and compassion to animals about to be slaughtered, as part of a global movement that has arrived in our country. Video

  The New Zealanders holding vigils for chickens

• NZ's top 50 private landowners revealed

  In Depth

  17 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - Rich-listers, established farming families and a former All Black are among New Zealand's top 50 landowners.

  NZ's top 50 private landowners revealed

• Foreign forestry companies could face 'oil and gas' style ban

  In Depth

  10 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - Forestry Minister Shane Jones is considering reining in conversions of farmland to forestry after a rural backlash. Video

  Foreign forestry companies could face ‘oil and gas’ style ban

• Austrian countess fined over NZ land purchase

  New Zealand In Depth

  17 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - The countess breached overseas investment rules while buying an iconic farm station, but was allowed to keep the property and was fined just a fraction of the purchase price. Video

  Austrian countess fined over NZ land purchase

• Green Rush: Will pines really save the planet?

  In Depth

  10 Oct 2019

  

  Vast new pine forests are being hailed as a solution to NZ's carbon emissions deficit - but not all environmentalists see them as a silver bullet and farmers say they could gut rural communities.

  Green Rush: Will pines really save the planet?

• Green Rush: Foreign forestry companies NZ's biggest landowners

  In Depth

  10 Oct 2019

  

  The four largest private landowners in New Zealand are all foreign-owned forestry companies, an RNZ investigation has found.

  Green Rush: Foreign forestry companies NZ's biggest landowners