Forestry in New Zealand

Forestry in New Zealand has a history starting with European settlement in the 19th century and is now an industry worth seven percent[citation needed] of annual revenue.

Deforestation in New Zealand on public land attracted opposition with protests and environmental groups becoming very active until it ended in 2000.

As the new colony was established, timber was the most common building material, and vast areas of native forest were cleared.

Thomas William Adams experimented with P. radiata and other trees in Canterbury from the 1870s, and promoted the early forestry industry.

[5] Australia accounts for just over 25% of export value, mostly paper products, followed by Japan, South Korea, China and the United States.