Date: 21st October 2026
A great article recently in the Otago Daily Times by Richard Bowman. Cheers Richard. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/opinion/wilding-conifers-where-to-from-here-bbxeyxr3 Richard’s article gives credit to politicians, Federated Farmers and the Wilding Pine Network and community groups for their lobbying…
Date: 13th October 2026
Thanks to everyone who attended our most successful conference yet with around 205 people attending. Southern hospitality abounded in Invercargill in August. The National Programme team and the WPN committee would like to extend…
Date: 12th October 2026
Article republished from Farmers Weekly Oct 6th 2026 https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/drones-help-tame-the-last-of-the-wilding-pines/?utm_source=AgriHQ&utm_campaign=5463e014bd-2026_10_09_FW_PREVIEW&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5463e014bd-434252827 Stragglers spotted with the help of aerial technology as crews close in on Tekapo River holdouts. Drones have been deployed in the hunt for the…
Date: 7th October 2026
Debate Participants: Todd McClay (National), Jo Luxton (Labour), Mark Patterson (NZ First), Andrew Hoggard (ACT), Steve Abel (Green) The following article is reprinted from an article by Rob Stock in The Post on 3rd…
Date: 6th October 2026
As part of our participation in the Federated Farmers National Field Days tent in Hamilton in June this year we produced a little fold up pamphlet designed to sit snugly in your back pocket…
Date: 29th July 2026
Wilding conifers are one of New Zealand’s most pressing environmental challenges — and managing them for the long term will take more than cutting down trees. At the Bioeconomy Science Institute, the Vive la Resistance…
Date: 15th June 2026
The South Marlborough Landscape Restoration Trust and the national advocacy group the Wilding Pine Network have welcomed the Government’s announcement of increased funding for New Zealand’s National Wilding Conifer Control Programme, describing it as…
Date: 2nd June 2026
As part of our Help Save campaign https://wildingpinenetwork.org.nz/helpsave/ we are going to the 2026 Mystery Creek field days. Come visit us from the 10th to 13th June at D70 – we are in the…
Date: 2nd June 2026
Congratulations to Nick Ledgard for a great video and huge thanks to Bill Morris from Frank Films and Radio New Zealand for promoting it. This great 10-minute video charts the march of contorta and…
Date: 2nd June 2026
The National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry (previously Plantation Forestry) provide nationally consistent regulations to manage the environmental effects of commercial forestry. You can read all about them on https://www.mpi.govt.nz/forestry/national-environmental-standards-commercial-forestry Changes come into effect this…