Kaipara settlement trust joins one billion tree scheme

Kaipara settlement trust joins one billion tree scheme
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans April 5 (BusinessDesk) - The government has secured its second-largest forestry planting partnership as part of its one billion tree programme. Te Uru Rakau – the Ministry of Primary Industries’ forestry arm – has agreed to joint venture with Kaipara-based Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust in the planting of 2,843 hectares of commercial forest on the Pouto Peninsula in coming years. The scale of the planting, expected to start this year, is second only to the 2.1 million trees the Crown will help plant on 3,195 ha of Ngati H...