Iwi forestry companies in council’s crosshairs [NZ]

Friday 11 Sep 2026

 
The chairman of two forest companies at the centre of legal action related to slash on hillsides says they were meeting industry standards as they understood them, but agrees that clean-ups are needed.

Ngāti Porou Forests Ltd (NPFL) harvested the Awatere Forest, owned by Summit Forest NZ Ltd, and is one of the parties named in an application for an enforcement order from Gisborne District Council. The enforcement order, if granted by the Environment Court, would require the company and its directors to clean up the mess the council says was left on the land.

NPFL also managed and harvested Tokararangi Forest for the Ministry for Primary Industries.

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Source: Stuff
Image credit: Summit Forests


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