Not a backdown, Ardern says, on government tree planting target
This follows opposition criticism the government is backpedalling on its plans to plant 100 million trees a year for 10 years.
This follows opposition criticism the government is backpedalling on its plans to plant 100 million trees a year for 10 years.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern rejects criticism that the government splitting the load of planting its goal of one billion trees in a decade with the private sector is a backdown.
Forestry Minister Shane Jones says the goal of planting 100 million trees a year for 10 years will be shared between