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Toby Williams: Federated Farmers Forestry Spokesperson expects Govt funding boost will target NZ's slash problem

Published: April 27, 2023, 8:05 p.m.

Expectation that a funding boost for our wood processing sector will target New Zealand's slash problem.

A new $57 million government fund aims to process logs onshore, move the industry from volume to value and create high wage jobs.

It's estimated the fund will see up to $650 million more Gross Domestic Product over its lifetime.

Federated Farmers Forestry Spokesperson Toby Williams told Mike Hosking there's opportunity in the domestic wood-processing sector.

He says any investment needs to go into solving the slash problems they have.

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