Representatives from Ngā Pou a Tāne met with Minister of Forestry Stuart Nash, Minister Meka Whaitiri (Zoom), Tamati Coffey – Labour List MP, Jason Wilson – DDG Te Uru Rakau, and senior officials from MPI, Te Uru Rakau and Ministry for the Environment.

Ngā Pou a Tāne, on behalf of its members, submitted it’s official response on the New Zealand Government’s proposals to change forestry settings in the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme.

Representatives of Ngā Pou a Tāne, Te Taumata, and the Māori Climate Commission met with Minister Shaw (Climate Change) to outline our serious concerns, rushed timeframes and the lack of engagement with Māori as a Treaty parter.

The government, through MPI, released the ‘Managing exotic afforestation incentives’, a discussion document on proposals to change forestry settings in the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

This month marked a significant milestone for Māori in Forestry with the establishment of the first National Māori Forestry Association – Ngā Pou a Tāne.