The areas harvested will be replanted the following winter, so that at the conclusion of harvest, most (if not all) of the land will have been replanted. When the harvest is complete, the investment must be brought to a conclusion. Towards the end of the harvest programme, a decision is made whether or not to [...]
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the annual planting rate in New Zealand was between 50,000 and 60,000 hectares, a level to which we only returned in 1993. As the total forest estate increases, production will also increase, however New Zealand’s contribution to the world market is very small and represents only a fraction [...]
The ETS is a cap and trade mechanism that has the effect of putting a price on carbon (and other greenhouse gases) in an attempt to reduce the carbon emissions in New Zealand. The primary unit of trade is the New Zealand Unit (NZU). NZUs are also called carbon credits. Certain entities within the ETS [...]
Because the New Zealand forest industry is our third largest export earner it is of national importance and responsibility for protecting the forest estate falls to a number of government agencies. If the forest resource is threatened, the government acts. Pests and diseases spread relatively slowly in forests, and it can take many years before [...]
Yes, it will. The figures set out in the information you received when first investing with Forest Enterprises are projections based on a number of assumptions and the actual costs at that time. Even with low inflation, costs will increase. All factors being equal, what you will pay in the future will represent the same [...]
In our opinion, no one is too old to invest in forestry! Forestry investment is a long-term investment for around 26 years, but need not be, as your investment can be sold via a tender process which we can facilitate for you. Many parents and grandparents appreciate the longer term of the investment as being [...]
The answer is an unqualified no. As all the forestry land in Forest Enterprises' investment schemes is private land which has not been previously owned by a state-owned enterprise, it is legally protected from any Maori claims to the Waitangi Tribunal.
A forestry term used to express the productivity of a site in terms of volume growth for Pinus radiata. It is the mean annual volume increment in cubic metres per hectare of a 300 stem per hectare Radiata pine stand at age 30 years. As a measure of productivity used in modelling and forecasting tree growth [...]
The Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 requires the manager of a registered Managed Investment Scheme to prepare an Annual Report on the affairs of the scheme during the accounting period ending on the balance date. The contents of the annual report are prescribed in Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014. The Annual Report must be prepared and [...]
New Zealand’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 requires us, as a financial services provider, to undertake due diligence on all new customers which involves gathering information about customer identity and residential address, verifying a customer's identity, and undertaking ongoing customer due diligence and account monitoring.