Awards to honour NZ’s native forest champions
Thursday 17 Apr 2025
Nominations are now open for the inaugural Growing Native Forests
Champions Awards, celebrating the people and groups leading native
growing efforts, Forestry Minister Todd McClay announced this week.
“These awards will recognise the farmers, landowners, iwi,
and community groups restoring and planting native forests, and
helping bolster New Zealand’s biodiversity and land
resilience,” Mr McClay says.
“Native trees are vital to healthy ecosystems — they shelter
wildlife, protect water quality, stabilise soils, and store
carbon.”
Award categories include:
- Trees on Farms – for farmers growing native forests on their
land.
- Lifestyle Block Owner – for owners of properties under 20
hectares.
- Forestry Company – for businesses or individuals in the
forestry sector.
- Mana Whenua – for individuals, whānau, hapū, and iwi-led
projects.
- Catchment/Community Group – for local and catchment-based
initiatives.
Nominations open 15 April and close 9 May 2025. Winners
will be announced at Fieldays in June.
For more details and to enter, visit: growing native forests champions.
Source: Beehive
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