about farmland sell-offs
Iwi and community leaders on the East Coast are deeply concerned about the loss of farming land to overseas forestry use.
Vast areas of productive land are being converted into carbon farms, where trees are planted to soak up carbon from the atmosphere to help reach our emissions targets but there's concern the cost is too high for our rural communities.
Huiarua and Matanui stations represent more than 6000 hectares of prime East Coast sheep and beef farmland.
But the neighbouring stations are set to make way for a forestry project by Ikea holding company Ingka.
Link to video and article: East Coast communities concerned about farmland sell-offs (1news.co.nz)
