A presentation by Marama Davidson

1. A Dozen Green Industries for
Development in Tairāwhiti
MARAMA DAVIDSON

2. A Dozen Green Industries for
Development in Tairāwhiti
1. Forestry:
– biofuels
– erosion control
– carbon trading
– wood processing
2. Seaweed:
– Fertiliser
– biofuels
– biochemicals
6. Eco/cultural Tourism
7. Fibre
8. Renewable Energy
9. Conservation
10. Rail
11. Bees & Neutraceuticals
12. Organic Food
+ other helpful policies

3. Seaweed : Fertiliser
Patutahi: AgriSea production facility
• Gisborne-based company
• Beach-cast seaweed, 20+
contract crews
• Sustainable harvest trials
underway in BOP
• Proving more effective than
petroleum-based fertilisers
• Strong demand
• 100% organic
• IP and skills exportable
$10m R&D subsidies
100 jobs in two years

4. Seaweed : Biofuels
$5m R&D subsidies
50 jobs in three years

5. Seaweed : Bio-chemicals
CHILE: Govt supported biofuel plant being built
$5m R&D subsidies
100 jobs in five years

6. Forestry : Biofuels
• NZ imports oil $5.3b/year
• ‘biofuel from forestry is
one of the fastest ways to
reduce our carbon
emissions while also
creating high-value
exports in bio-products
and engineered timber’
$5m R&D subsidies
200 jobs in four years

7. Forestry : Erosion Control
• Accelerate pole planting & indigenous regrowth
• Goal = 200,000 hectares forested by 2020
$50m afforestation subsidies
500 jobs in five years

8. Forestry : Carbon Trading
• Greens will give
certainty for
investors ($800m)
• Remove cheap
foreign units
• Get indigenous
regeneration into
Carbon Credits
$o
700 jobs in five years

9. Eco-Tourism
Greens
will:
• invest
in
start-­‐up
support
to
hapū,
iwi
and
Māori
small
business
so
they
can
develop
and
promote
tourism
products
and
a<rac=ons;
• fund
conserva=on
work
to
ensure
our
environment
lives
up
the
100%
PURE
brand
• support
a
brandmark
system
to
authen=cate
tourism
products
and
services
based
on
=kanga
Maori
and
our
cultural
heritage.
$5m technical support & matching funds for marketing
200 jobs in three years

10. Fibre Composites
Greens will make R&D funding available
for both general and Māori companies
to develop new processes, techniques
and products from flax fibre including:
• building and construction materials
• insulation & shock absorbers
• sports equipment, etc.
$10m R&D matching funds
150 jobs in five years

11. Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
• matching funds for
renewable energy
installation
• save $3.6b by 2030
• manufacturing jobs in RE
• introducing smart grid, real-
time feed-in tarrifs for
households and businesses
to generate electricity
• ramp up retrofitting
$5m conversion & installation subsidies
$5m R&D in Renewables
400 retrofitting jobs in two years
150 renewable energy jobs in two years

12. Conservation
• 300 jobs for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti in:
o Riparian planting & restoration
o Pest control
o Biodiversity protection
Funded in part by irrigation charges
and matching funds between central & local govt
300 jobs in one year

13. Transport
• reinstate Napier-Gisborne railway line:
• keep Gisborne products competitive
• less trucks on road
• less roading costs
• scrap the Roads of National Significance ($13b)
• reinstate regional road assistance, cycleway construction
and better public transport
• cycleway construction (commuter and recreational)
Reprioritised transport funding will
benefit construction work
300 jobs in two years

14. Bees & Nutraceuticals
• On average, a woman using synthetic
skincare will apply 168 chemicals every
day. Manuka extracts, honey and
avocado oils now used as alternative to
petroleum-based preservatives in skin
care and cosmetics.
• Bee keepers and land owners on the
Coast keen to form cooperatives,
access technical assistance and plant
(presses, packaging, etc.)
• Other issues: pesticides, etc.
$10m technical assistance + R&D
200 jobs in five years