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Letters: Rental properties, nurses' pay, EVs and farm emissions
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Tāmata Hauhā reigns supreme at Māori Business Awards
“It’s not profit that drives the awards."
Workers have unacceptably high exposures to carcinogens, study finds
58 per cent of workers in NZ are exposed to at least one cancer-causing agent at work.
“We should’ve been there” Worksafe Investigator on Rawiri case
'We should've been there' says the WorkSafe investigator for deceased forestry worker Jason Rawiri and his family in a recorded conversation.
'Wall of silence': WorkSafe official admits fatality probe stalled by lack of evidence
'I just don’t have the information I need.'
'Wrecking lives': Forestry industry woes taking a toll
Gisborne-based forest contracting business owner pulls the pin on his 23-year-old company.
'Something needs to change now': Forestry contractors at breaking point
“We employ thousands of people, and we cannot keep operating at a loss."
Company fined $180,000 after worker injured by debarking machine
Machine operator suffered serious injuries while operating debarking machine in Northland.
Wallingford Station buyer says sale will have ‘positive impact’ on community
Foreign forestry giant says it wants to "hire locally, buy locally, think locally".
Analysis: Climate disasters hurt some NZ businesses more than others
Weather disaster analysis raises need for needs-based recovery packages, not blanket ones.
PM and ministers tour flood-hit Pan Pac; business could resume as early as August
Ministers saw where the stopbank breached, causing widespread damage to the plant.
Tairāwhiti residents thankful for forestry after cyclone damage
It follows a report into the devastation caused by slash during Cyclone Gabrielle.
The slash report: Call for halt to production forestry in erosion zones
A report says there are just 5-10 years to "turn this environmental disaster around".
Penetaui Kleskovic: Māori landowners need reassurances on forestry
Opinion: 'Growing trees are a critical component for the future of iwi.'
Dive in log prices making harvesting uneconomic
"Prices are much below where they should be to achieve a reasonable return."
Ikea-linked Dutch forestry giants buy 1600ha more land
Ministerial inquiry into destructive slash examining what needs to change.
Marty Verry: Forestry wants our carbon, not your debt
Opinion: Kiwi wood processors compete using world's costliest logs, so what's the answer?
How worried should investors be about a big current account deficit?
New Zealand is a small, open economy with a heavy reliance on the rest of the world.
Sir Paul Adams, Ted Manson: Raised in state houses, billion-dollar sales success
What can we learn from them? What is their new direction these days?
Calls intensify for wider Hawke’s Bay slash inquiry after sacking and resignation
"We still need to understand what caused the damage; how to avoid this happening again."
Land investors look to acquire Mangamahu estate
The cost to acquire the estate would be almost $64 million.
Revealed: How Myanmar ‘blood timber’ found its way to NZ
Whangārei importer admits "it doesn't look good" teak found to come from Myanmar oligarch.
Slash inquiry: Forestry boss says Nash’s industry ties could be ‘impediment’
Stuart Nash says the scale of the debris is "completely unacceptable".
Forest waste ‘critical factor’ in rupture of city's water pipe
Slash and whole trees played a significant role in damaging Gisborne's main water supply.
Cyclone Gabrielle: National candidates fight to widen slash inquiry
The party is ramping up efforts to get Hawke's Bay into the forestry slash inquiry.
Political Roundup: Our politicians are competent firefighters, but terrible builders
Main parties good with the political firefighting required to deal with disasters, but ...
Cyclone recovery visas offered, Judge to visit Gloriavale & one year of war in Ukraine | Focus Morning Bulletin 24 February, 2023
New cyclone recovery visa applications open, Employment Court Judge to visit Gloriavale and Ukraine marks one year of war with Russia in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
New forestry slash inquiry ‘too brief’ to consider issues - industry
The Forest Owners Association says tree-planting is imperative to tackle climate change
Rush to fix 501 deportee Bill, immediate slash inquiry & Auckland Council boss quits | Focus Morning Bulletin: 23 February, 2023
Government rushes to fix 501 deportee treatment bill, immediate slash inquiry for East Coast & the CEO of Auckland Council calls it quits in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
'Massive' job ahead for cyclone recovery, forestry future uncertain & truancy officers return | Focus Morning Bulletin: 21 February, 2023
The millions announced for Cyclone Gabrielle recovery, the future of forestry in flood-hit regions remains uncertain and truancy officers return to schools in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Editorial: Logging's lamentable legacy
OPINION: Issue of forestry slash must be addressed by all parties as flooding events rise.
Company owner says charges of crimes against environment lacked merit
John Turkington says the jury's not guilty verdicts showed charges lacked merit.
Letters: Climate change can't be ignored
OPINION: Letters on Three Waters, Wayne Brown, capitalism, and Chris Hipkins.