Gisborne Herald3 Jul, 2026 05:00 PM5 mins to readJustice Andrew Becroft released a 44-page judgment this week rejecting a bid from forestry directors to avoid being made personally liable for clean-up costs at a Gisborne forest.The directors of a company prosecuted for operations at a Gisborne forest have failed in a bid to avoid being made personally liable for clean-up costs.
An enforcement order makes directors Richard Hayes, Scott Funnell and Gavin Fortune of Samnic Forest Management, and Duncan Woodhouse, sole director of landowner Woodlett
