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