Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker says this will not only help established exporters but will help newcomers to export as well. The Government is confident that this will help bring back lost jobs.
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NewsHawke's Bay forestry contractors can finally return to work
Forestry contractors around the country are rejoicing the decision to let them get back to work after COVID-19 restrictions resulted in tools down.
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Tairāwhiti forestry will need another 150 workers for planting season
The forestry industry in great hands since the Prime Ministers announcement for kaimahi to return to work at Alert Level 3.
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East Coast iwi 'shovel ready' to save their dying forest
On the East Coast where iwi guardians of Te Raukūmara Range are working to save their forest which lies between the Bay of Plenty and East Cape. Te Whānanu-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou have submitted a budget bid to the Minister of Conservation to support their restoration project.
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Tairāwhiti forestry workers run 55kms as they face challenging times
Forestry workers feeling the pinch of COVID-19 are backing each other right to the end, running from Tūranganui a Kiwa to Tolaga Bay to promote hauora, wellbeing and mental health.
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Logging manager fears the worst as workmates face massive cutbacks
Tairāwhiti gets first dibs of the tranche of $100 million announced by the Government to support the redeployment of laid-off workers. Especially for a Tolaga Bay logging business who are facing massive cutbacks next week. A tranche of $28 million from the relief package will go to Tairāwhiti as almost 300 forestry workers have been out of mahi.
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Te Whānau ā Apanui supporting forestry workers fearful of job losses
Te Rūnanga o Te Whānau have stepped in to help up to ten families on the East Coast with future employment concerns in the forestry industry since the Covid-19 outbreak. Local workers fear they could be left jobless and have looked to iwi for support.
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Tairāwhiti forestry manager can’t wait to get his team back to work
#Coronavirus Trade to China on halt whilst forestry manager worried about when his laid off team can return back to mahi.
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Hundreds of kaimahi without work for 'a few months'
Govt minister Phil Twyford will arrive in Tairāwhiti to whakarongo to the outcry impacting on forestry. Key stakeholders and local government are prepared to do what's needed in response to kore mahi resulting from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This comes as forestry workers could be without work for a ‘few months’ before returning back to work in full force.
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Tairāwhiti forestry advocate helps whānau affected by Coronavirus outbreak
Thirty percent of Aotearoa forestry workers are out of work due to Coronavirus. Wade Brunt, an 18 year forestry veteran, is now building a facility to support his fellow workers. Over 50 East Coast companies have been affected by the sudden drop in demand for logs, leading them to lay off many of their employees and contractors.
