Peter Weir

Targeted wage subsidies are on the cards as the government looks to bolster the economy in the face of the fallout from Covid-19.

BNZ has warned New Zealand's risk of a recession is building by the… Audio

Forestry contractors say as many as 1500 forestry workers could be out of a job soon because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says options are being looked at for moving… Audio

Jobs are at risk as New Zealand log exporters brace themselves for problems with their supply chain due to the outbreak of the new Coronavirus.

Logs from New Zealand are shipped to China and then… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Hundreds of farmers will be outside Parliament this morning for a protest organised by the environmental group '50 Shades of Green'.

The group says it is concerned that good pastoral land is being… Audio

The Forest Owners Association, Federated Farmers and Fifty Shades of Green give their take on the Billion Trees project. Audio

Forest Owners Association President Peter Weir says landowners are worried that any decision not to replant trees in dangerous terrain will see them penalised for not meeting environmental… Audio

Farmers are threatening legal action against forestry companies following what they say is millions of dollars damage caused by slash. The slash - or offcuts from forestry harvesting - washed down… Audio

President of the Forest Owners Association Peter Weir says forestry companies would like to help property owners clean up, but can't get into their forests nor get machinery out. Video, Audio