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How many hectares of land classified as farm land were approved for acquisition and conversion to forestry under the special forestry test or production forestry pathway in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, and what monitoring, if any, is undertaken of whether that conversion occurs?

Answered Question 36185 (2026)
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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many hectares of land classified as farm land were approved for acquisition and conversion to forestry under the special forestry test or production forestry pathway in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, and what monitoring, if any, is undertaken of whether that conversion occurs?

Answered by

Mike Butterick

Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information

Answer

I refer the Member to the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) website: https://www.linz.govt.nz/guidance/overseas-investment/ways-invest/pathways-business/investing-production-forestry-and-forestry-rights/farm-forestry-conversions Consent conditions generally include a condition requiring the consent holder to establish a specified area of forest by a specified date. LINZ monitors compliance with this and other consent conditions through regular reporting requirements.