Press Releases
Forest Growers Levy rate to increase for the first time in seven years
3 December 2020
Directors of the Forest Growers Levy Trust have raised the rate on Harvested Wood Materials, for the first time since the levy was introduced by a forest grower referendum in 2013.
The Chair of the Levy Trust, Geoff Thompson, says clear support for the value of the investment, led to the decision to raise the levy from 27 cents a tonne to 33 cents.
Forest Growers Levy Trust commits to support industry
29 April 2020
The New Zealand Forest Growers Levy Trust is anticipating borrowing and using reserves to maintain as much of its yearly work programme as possible.
Scope of work for forest owners grows
14 December 2015
Funds raised by forest growers for research and other industry activities are expected to total $7,620,000 in 2015, about $1 million more than budgeted. At the same time, administrative expenditure has been kept under tight control.
Steve Wilton re-elected to Forest Levy board
28 October 2015
Steve Wilton has been re-elected to the Forest Growers Levy Trust board as a representative of growers of small plantation forests.
Forest grower poll open
5 October 2015
Voting is now open for the person who will represent owners of smaller forests on the Forest Growers Levy Trust Board.
Members sought for forest levy board
7 September 2015
Nominations are open for members of the Forest Growers Levy Trust board. There are vacancies for two members representing owners of large forests and one representing owners of smaller forests.
Levy will benefit all forest growers
19 November 2013
The Trust set up to collect funds for activities that will benefit all forest owners is delighted to have received government approval for a levy on forest products from January 1
"We may be the engine of the country's third biggest export industry, but forestry has a huge untapped potential to extract greater value and to build on the eco-system benefits we already provide. The levy per tonne is only small, but when it is multiplied across the millions of logs our growers produce each year, we will be able to fund work that directly benefits all growers and indirectly, all New Zealanders," says Forest Growers Levy Trust chair Geoff Thompson.
Forest Levy takes important step
16 July 2013
An application for the introduction of a levy on harvested logs has been lodged with Associate Minister for Primary Industries Hon Jo Goodhew.
