West Coast Wind-blown Timber (Conservation Lands) Bill

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This Bill allows the removal of timber from trees that were irreversibly damaged by Cyclone Ita from some public conservation lands on the West Coast of the South Island. However, only timber that will be processed into finished or manufactured indigenous timber products, sawn or cut wood (excluding firewood and wood chips), or other products specified by the Director-General in the authorisation, may be removed.