Kauri Rescue™ News
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Te Tai Tokerau / Northland Kauri Ora Hui
The Kauri Rescue team recently attended a well attended Kauri Ora hui in Whangārei hosted by Ngati Hine. Dr Ian Horner did a presentation giving an optimistic view of kauri dieback management and Mels took along the Kauri Rescue stall.
Auckland Local Parks treatment in Kauri Park Birkenhead
Collaboration with treating an area of kauri dieback infection in Kauri Park, Birkenhead with phosphite and creating a buffer around the infected trees to contain the infection.
Treated Cascades big trees have health reassessed
The Kauri Rescue team has been back to the Cascades to reassess the health of the 60 big taonga trees that we treated with phosphite in May 2024.
Northland Regional Council funding confirmed
Kauri Rescue has just received a small grant from Northland Regional Council, to help us expand our support to Northland landowners with kauri dieback problems.
Caring for your kauri with Dr Mels Barton at the Colin McCahon Museum
Learn about our local Kauri and how to protect them with Dr Mels Barton amongst the kauri that inspired New Zealand artist Colin McCahon in Titirangi.
Coromandel treatment trip
We had an incredible week in the Coromandel treating a small pocket of kauri dieback infection on a huge private property in Kennedy Bay.
Encouraging results from Silverdale property treated in 2019
The Kauri Rescue team recently returned to a property we know very well to help landowner Mike Stanley to reassess the health of the more than 300 kauri trees he treated with phosphite in 2019.
Supporting kauri health on a special property in Karekare
The Kauri Rescue team recently spent a day helping Karekare landowner Richard Gray treat a large number of sick kauri. Richard has an incredible property of mature taraire, puriri and kauri forest that is completely undeveloped and runs adjacent to the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park, so it is incredibly important from an ecological point of view, and stunningly beautiful.
Landowner’s Kauri Protection Workshop a Success
Pest Free Kaipatiki invited our Project Coordinator Dr Mels Barton to participate in a workshop aimed at landowners with kauri.
Join us at the Matuku Link World Wetlands Day on Sunday 1 February
The Kauri Rescue team will be joining a plethera of environmental and community stalls being showcased at the Matuku Link World Wetlands Day market on Sunday 1 February at 111 Bethells Rd, Te Henga, west Auckland from 10am to 3pm. Last year there were over 600 attendees and the event was buzzing, so we expect a similar turnout this time and another great family day out.