Default half-life values for the end-uses of harvested wood products is provided by the IPCC and have been used in the New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Inventory. However, these values do not provide accurate carbon stock and stock changes in harvested wood products in New Zealand. This report investigates and recommends country-specific half-life values for harvested wood product end-uses in New Zealand.

This project sought to understand and model the effects of environmental variability on the function of the marine ecosystems of the Subantarctic region of New Zealand and adjacent waters, focusing on key megafauna and fished species using this region. We found evidence for long-term changes in atmospheric/oceanic climate, with differential effects on productivity comparing regions, and with associated effects on the productivity and distribution of some of the study species.