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May 15, 2023 | News
Forest owners push back on Parata report
The Eastland Wood Council says there could be unintended consequences to the recommendations of a ministerial inquiry into woody debris brought down by Cylone Gabrielle.
June 1, 2023
May 15, 2023 | News
Compliance gap allowed slash disaster
A Māori structural engineer who has worked on United Nations and Red Cross disaster clean-up teams has given the Hekia Parata report on forestry slash the thumbs up.
May 15, 2023 | News
Iwi need lead role in Tairawhiti clean up
The chair of the ministerial inquiry looking at the contribution of forestry waste to the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle says first priority needs to be the creation of a woody debris taskforce to clean up activities both Wairoa and Tairawhiti.
May 15, 2023 | News
Forest industry loses social licence
Lead ministers David Parker and Peeni Henare say they will make decisions on the Ministerial Inquiry into forestry slash as soon as possible.
May 15, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Hekia Parata | Former National Cabinet Minister
Cyclone Gabrielle devastated the Tairawhiti and Wairoa and others along the east coast of the North Island. Former National Cabinet Minister Hekia Parata headed the report into forestry slash, woody debris, and sediment in the Tai Rāwhiti and Wairoa.
May 1, 2023 | News
Slash inquiry extended
The Ministerial Inquiry into forestry slash and sediment in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne and Wairoa has been given a 12-day extension to finish its report.
February 27, 2023 | News
Radical reset needed on forest practice
A Māori environmentalist wants to see a major change in forestry practice come out of the ministerial inquiry into forstry slash.
February 24, 2023 | News
Inquiry into forest slash as social licence lost
Former forestry minister Shane Jones says forest harvest practices must change as a result of the damage done by forestry slash during extreme weather events.
December 8, 2022 | News
“Feisty” Parata right for Covid inquiry says Waititi
Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says former National cabinet minister Hekia Parata is the right person for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID 19.
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