6 May 2019

Farmers worry as pine trees cover Wairarapa land

From Morning Report, 7:45 am on 6 May 2019

More and more of Wairarapa's rolling green pastures are being blanket-planted with pine trees, which rural communities warn are killing their way of life. And with the Government's target of planting one billion trees by 2028 and the uncertainty over the Zero Carbon Bill, farmers say the rest of the country should be worried.