A silver milestone for Forest Enterprises’ Graeme Tindall
The week Graeme Tindall joined Forest Enterprises in 1997 as a new chartered accountant, the company was celebrating its 25th anniversary. In fact, the 25th birthday event at Te Parae was the first work do [...]
Global log market impacts local harvest production
The world economy is in turmoil from the two unpredictable events of Covid-19 and war. Russia, Belarus and Ukraine are all large players in the global timber trade and the war has greatly unsettled normal [...]
Investment forests in good shape after East Coast weather bombs
The weather bombs that hit the East Coast in February and March this year were widely reported in the news. Many operating forests in the region saw significant damage from flooding. Gisborne District council declared [...]
Forest Enterprises achieves FSC certification for investments
Forest Enterprises has achieved Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC® C168647) responsible forest management and chain-of-custody certification for 19 forests the company manages on behalf of its retail investors. These are the first registered managed investment schemes [...]
‘Significant milestone’ for Gisborne Port’s Twin Berth project
“Forestry for Life”, Gisborne Herald, April 2022 – Eastland Port is close to submitting resource consent for the Twin Berth project. Five years in the planning, the Twin Berth stage 2 application is just weeks [...]
Gordon Wong on the ‘natural law’ of forestry investment
This year, Forest Enterprises turns 50. Founded in Masterton in 1972, Forest Enterprises is one of New Zealand’s leading forestry investment managers, and remains locally owned and operated. Legal Services Director and co-owner, Gordon Wong [...]
Investor Update, Summer 2021
This year, despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 challenges we all face, we’ve made remarkable progress on our aim to become certified for responsible forest management. We thank Malte Coulmann, our Southern North [...]
The opportunities and risks of forest investment for individuals – Bert Hughes & Gordon Wong
An article by Forest Enterprises directors Bert Hughes and Gordon Wong about forestry investment for individuals was published in the New Zealand Journal of Forestry in November 2021 (Vol. 66, No.3). Abstract: Forestry can be [...]
New Zealand Forestry Bulletin, Christmas 2021
The latest Christmas 2021 issue of the New Zealand Forestry Bulletin has just been published (December 2021). In this issue: International Timber Manifesto launched for COP26, Log markets and Covid, La Ninā increases fire risk, [...]
Forest Enterprises announces Liz Brown as company shareholder and director
Forestry investment company Forest Enterprises welcomes Group Finance Manager Liz Brown as a shareholder and executive director. The company's five existing shareholders invited Brown to become a co-owner in recognition of her leadership and business [...]
Murrays Nurseries milestone year
With the 2021 planting season complete, Murrays Nurseries in Woodville reflects on a milestone year. Patrick Murray and his team of four supplied a record 13 million baby pines this year. 15 million is planned [...]
Forestry investments prove resilient
Forest Enterprises says more investors looking to forestry sector after Covid-19. One benefit of investing in forestry, says Bert Hughes, CEO and Forestry Director of Forest Enterprises, is that it is not affected by the [...]
Why forestry is so investible
As we approached the release of our latest investment offer - Pukekōwhai Forest Investment - we've been talking with potential investors about why forestry is so investible. Giving investors access to the best There are [...]
Mechanised harvesting – more timber, less waste and safer
Forest Enterprises’ determination to improve health and safety and environmental performance is driving its implementation of mechanised harvest systems. Mechanised harvesting means fewer foresters on chainsaws. It’s safer. Plus, it causes less disturbance to the [...]
Investor Update, Winter 2021
Earlier this week we received some of the decent rain we’ve looked forward to for months. Long may it last to give this planting season's 1.6 million seedlings their best start over the winter. [...]
Forest Enterprises wins East Coast environmental award
Forest Enterprises won the Environmental Management Award at the 2021 Eastland Forestry Awards in Gisborne on 21 May 2021. This award recognises Forest Enterprises for its leadership in harvest catchment management and planning, and for [...]