No Quick Fix - the Ongoing Impact of the Forestry Industry on Te Tai Rawhiti I The Hui 2020

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12 күн бұрын

Forestry slash inundating beaches after rainfall is an all too common sight along the formerly pristine Te Tai Rawhiti coastline. Clean-up costs millions but then the next deluge washes it all back down again. Te Aitinga a Hauiti's Nikorima Thatcher is leading the charge against the continued pollution, kaitiaki Graeme Atkins is working to prevent the whenua, and researcher Tui Warmenhoven is devasted by the damage slash causes communities, infrastructure, land, and water quality. Foretry mininster Shane Jones says there is a need for stricter regulation for forestry companies, but NZ Forestry Owners' Association's Don Carson says there is no quick fix.
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@HHiTTAR 9 күн бұрын

Couldn't the government, local iwi and forestry companies work together to create clean up crews that clear slash from empty forestry blocks that have already been processed, as well as bringing employment for the locals of that region.

@freedomxd2733 6 күн бұрын

Nah not in nz the government ain't helping ppl in rural areas. the government only care about making the rich richer and the poor get screwed as always.

@Damian-Church-NZ 5 күн бұрын

Why should anyone but the forestry companies clean it up? Use tax money to clean up after a business is a terrible idea.

@malwalker2682 10 күн бұрын

PUT IT ON SHANE KUPAPA JONES LAND

@Damian-Church-NZ 5 күн бұрын

I agree.. that guy's a total dick.

@Damian-Church-NZ 5 күн бұрын

😂

@Damian-Church-NZ 5 күн бұрын

They deleted my real comment 😂 typical NZ censorship..

@RicoMaaka 6 күн бұрын

ming foon was told many times about the pine trees coming down the Waiapu river, but it was not taken serious until it hit Uawa

@ianstephenson9471 14 сағат бұрын

A friend of mine works for offshore purchasers of timber. They screw the price down to the point that their is no money to clean up the waste. A very sad issue that will destroy a great deal moving forward. I hope there is a solution.

@lateralus6512 4 күн бұрын

A lot of hill country land in NZ shouldn’t have been subsidised and cleared in the first place.

@masterheke7339 9 күн бұрын

same thing happens everywhere forestry happens. Forestry is a primary industry, govt will turn a blind eye despite the long term bill being much larger, change will not come

@Honest-Tee07 Сағат бұрын

If only i had a truck and a chainsaw could use some of that for fire wood if its just rubbish... I'd suggest asking out of towners if they want some for next year we had a wood draught this year i didnt get to buy a 2nd lot of wood cause it was 4x the amount of the lot i got in May so yeah i couldn't afford it

@hanahana2565 9 күн бұрын

The industry caused this the industry should pay and pay dearly once the industry starts losing money fixing this problem then the industry will change there practices

@Damian-Church-NZ 5 күн бұрын

❤

@mattyallen3396 9 күн бұрын

Old news guys. Processes in place to prevent this from happening. Ideally the forest owners could burn off the slash. Btw not all is radiata pine. Plenty of willow and poplar in there

@leonpatrick5606 6 күн бұрын

Why have they stopped slash burn offs? Carbon credits, maybe. I spent a few years in the forestry before the waratahs made their way into our workforce. Manual log maker's utilized most of the tree, but then along came the waratah and feller-buncher. And the slash increased by alot. And now I notice there is no burn offs like there used to be. The companies definitely don't care even though they will throw a representative out there to show face, nothing gets sorted.

@mattyallen3396 5 күн бұрын

@@leonpatrick5606 the mess isnt from the skid sites

@panipaul9468 9 күн бұрын

Work with the Crown 😂😂😂

@Damian-Church-NZ 5 күн бұрын

Ask king Charles to help.. hes great.

@TheBeaker59 9 күн бұрын

Some big gaps in the reporting on this, Most of this slash is off Māori land, perhaps managed by outside agencies but under control of the land owners. The actual forestry workers are local Māori predominately. Has anyone actually checked what this "slash" is? in other areas like Gisbourne it was DNA checked and found to be predominately willow Macrocarpa Native and other farm species. Locals have allot of control and are involved in what happens in these forests and lands but whine that its some other faceless corporate, a bit pathetic really. Reporting is not investigative when it starts out to "prove" a narrative rather than actually investigate the real issues.

@gerrardodonnell5084 9 күн бұрын

You are missing the point.

@alanmends3618 9 күн бұрын

Not many chainsaw cut ends in that forestry slash

@TheBeaker59 9 күн бұрын

@@gerrardodonnell5084 Which is?

@TheBeaker59 8 күн бұрын

@@alanmends3618 true but forestry does have some responsibility my point is its not all someone else's fault.