Investor update: Winter 2024
Our forestry investments are an opportunity to invest in the rural sector with the land and the tree crop providing rewards. Recent years have seen the Emissions Trading Scheme place a value on the emissions sequestered by the tree crop, known as NZ Units, or carbon credits. Our land value continues to rise, as rural [...]
A swoop to salvation
Lucy Cooper, WAIRARAPA TIMES-AGE 21 December 2023 - A pair of kārearea [native falcon] chicks have had a lucky escape from a logging operation in Erindale Forest, managed by Forest Enterprises, near Castlepoint. Logging contractors were working in the forest recently when they were "swooped" by two adult falcons, Forest Enterprises harvest manager Tom Otterson [...]
Forest Enterprises hosts ministerial inquiry panel in Gisborne
Eastland Wood Council (31 March) In the Emerald Hills Forest near Gisborne today, Forest Enterprises' Gisborne Regional Manager and co-owner Dan Fraser and Harvest Forester Georgia Paulson hosted the Eastland Wood Council (EWC) and the Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use (MILU) panel charged with reviewing land-use practises in Tairāwhiti. Panel members were invited to travel [...]
Forest Enterprises forests stand up to New Year storms
Wairarapa Times-Age, 'Forestry in Wairarapa' feature, 15 February 2023. Forecast to be one of the most serious storms to hit New Zealand this century, Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle has made landfall and many North Island regions are under a National State of Emergency. Forest Enterprises’ forests in Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne all came through the [...]
Forester has plan to sort steep slopes for the next gen
Farmers Weekly, 3 February 2023 - Today’s forest managers caught trying to manage poorly planted legacy forests. A Gisborne forest manager is hoping a draft plan on forest management practices will ensure slash and waste issues in waterways become a thing of the past for the industry as it re-plants the next generation of forests. [...]
Investor Update, Summer 2022
As we end the year, we reflect back on what a great year 2022 has been for Forest Enterprises. The expert and disciplined approach of our team, the strong relationships we have built in the industry, and our focus on delivering to clients, have united to overcome many challenges. These challenges were driven by [...]
Founder Charles Wallis “a cut above the rest”
Founder of Forest Enterprises, Charles Wallis, passed away on 22 November 2022, at the age of 85. This loss was in the golden anniversary year of the incorporation of Forest Enterprises Limited in 1972. Charles was one of the titans in the forestry industry. The many thousands of Kiwis and people overseas who have invested [...]
New regulatory standards impact Forest Enterprises
The Government is implementing new standards under the Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Act, regulating the activity of log traders and forestry advisers. This legislation supports the continuous, predictable, and long-term supply of timber for domestic processing and export. It also aims to provide a more transparent and open market for [...]
Forest Enterprises supports Industry Transformation Plan for forestry
Forest Enterprises has recently made a submission in support of the draft Forestry and wood processing industry transformation plan (ITP), developed by Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service. Watch the summary video here. The ITP's vision is that "the forestry and wood processing sector generates more value for New Zealand, is a key [...]