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Welcome to Parliament.

I want to start by extending my thanks to Professor Andy Buchanan, the Timber Design Society and NZ Wood for your long-standing commitment to providing your expertise and services to this industry.

Forestry is critical to New Zealand’s growth agenda.

It is New Zealand’s third largest merchandise export earner, accounting for 10 percent of all merchandise exports and generating around $4 billion in export revenues a year. The forest industry also contributes around 2.8 percent of GDP.

Thank you for inviting me here today to close your conference.

As I reviewed the latest New Zealand Logger magazine, I took particular note of John Ellegard's editorial.

This past year has seen primary sector innovation receive its biggest funding injection in decades thanks to the Government's Primary Growth Partnership (PGP), says Agriculture and Forestry Ministe

Thank you for the invitation to speak to you this evening.

Australian and New Zealand Ministers met in Canberra on 23 June 2010 for the annual CER Ministerial Forum. 

Forestry Minister David Carter today released the Government's future strategy for the Crown's West Coast plantation forests, which aims to keep as much production and employment on the Coast as po