INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE ORGANISATION - BIOCHAR NETWORK NEW ZEALAND 14 FEB 2019
NZ Biochar Ltd in collaboration with AllBlackEarth organised the inaugural meeting of Biochar Network New Zealand (BNNZ), an incorporated society to support the biochar industry in NZ. Dennis Enright was elected chairperson.
The following are the objectives of the society:
The principal object of the society is to promote benefits to the biochar industry and interest groups in New Zealand by creating a positive industry profile and business environment for stakeholder members. This includes:
(a) Promoting to relevant industries, general public, the media, policy makers and Members of Parliament, biochar as a vital material of major social and economic significance to New Zealand.
(b) Representing to the relevant industries, general public, the media, policy makers and Members of Parliament, the common views of the biochar sector on generic issues.
(c) Contracting for the provision of services.
(d) Affiliating with and accept affiliation from any organisation whether established in New Zealand or elsewhere having objects in every respect wholly or in part similar to the objects of the society.
(e) Publishing, printing, circulating or editing any newspaper, magazine, publicity or pamphlet relating to the affairs or objects of the society.
(f) Holding or arranging lectures, exhibitions, public meetings, classes or conferences calculated directly or indirectly to be of benefit to the society or its members.
(g) Supporting the organisation and development of specialised or regional/local groups of biochar related activity within New Zealand.
(h) Generally doing all other things necessary for or incidental or ancillary to the protection, fostering or advancement of the interests of biochar production and use within New Zealand and the attainment of the above-mentioned objects or any of them. The objects set out in clause 3 are separate and distinct objects and no object shall be in any way limited or circumscribed by reference to any other object.
(i) Do anything necessary or helpful to the above purposes.
