Kauri Dieback

New tools are being used in the battle to protect thousands of precious kauri trees in Auckland's Waitākere Ranges.

Parts of the Waitākere Ranges were closed to the public five years ago, with an… Video, Audio

We're a step closer to winning the battle against kauri dieback disease thanks to a team of scientists who have completed the genome sequence of the pathogen that causes the disease, Phytophthora… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Kauri dieback disease is killing our giants of the forest - are we any closer to a cure? Audio

Auckland Council is giving thousands of kauri trees in the Waitākere Ranges a full health check.

The forest is being surveyed to monitor trees for years to come - tracking how kauri dieback disease… Video, Audio

A west Auckland man who ignored kauri dieback rules has been found guilty of breaking the law when he went onto a track that had been closed to stop the spread of the tree killing disease.

Robert… Audio

As the fight against kauri dieback continues, a traditional Maori healer is using indigenous medicine to help save the ancient trees. Audio

Forest & Bird Central North Island regional manager Rebecca Stirnemann spoke to The Panel. Audio

Kauri dieback secretary Mels Barton talks about why its so disappointing and detrimental to fighting kauri dieback when people access closed tracks around Auckland. Audio

Outdoor enthusiasts will have more tracks to choose from in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges this summer but the battle to keep the deadly kauri dieback disease at bay goes on. In 2017, the council closed… Audio

Auckland council prosecutes a man who repeatedly entered a closed track in the Waitakere Ranges. Audio

University of Canterbury Engineer Dr Volker Nock has been awarded a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship to speed research into containing kauri dieback and myrtle rust. In both cases fungal pathogens… Audio

A University of Canterbury researcher has won a fellowship to save kauri from dieback, and look into how myrtle rust attacks.  Audio

If you've been for a trek on DoC land over the last year or so, you'd have noticed cleaning stations for your shoes to help quell the spread of Kauri dieback.  Audio

Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles looks at new research suggesting kanuka produces compounds with the ability to paralyse the spores that spread kauri dieback. Could differences in the shape of the… Audio

Fears over the spread of Kauri dieback have prompted the permanent closure of 10 walking tracks in the Bay of Islands. DOC's Bay of Islands Operations Manager Martin Acroyd told our reporter Nita… Audio