Kauri Rescue™ News
News, articles, updates and case studies
Auckland local parks treatment programme kicks off in Titirangi
This week marks an important milestone for kauri protection in Auckland with the first phosphite treatment programme for local parks kicking off in the Titirangi War Memorial Reserve. Huge thanks to the Waitākere Ranges Local Board and the Auckland Council Biosecurity team for their support for this work.
Whangarei A&P Show collaboration
The Kauri Rescue team had a fantastic weekend at the Whangarei A&P Show in Northland running a collaborative kauri zone with iwi groups and agencies.
Thanks to our funders
The Kauri Rescue™ team want to extend a huge THANK YOU to our major funders who have continued to support our project throughout 2025.
Will it ever stop raining this spring?!
The prolonged wet spring is preventing the Kauri Rescue team from starting our field season as the ground is still too wet to work safely in the bush.
Kauri Rescue featured by Tiakina Kauri
Kauri Rescue was featured by Tiakina Kauri, the Government’s kauri management agency, in a recent social media post explaining the benefits of phosphite treatment.
Watch out for the Yellow-Legged Hornet
Invasive hornets have been found in Auckland that threaten our bees.
Kauri Collaboration at Whangarei A&P Show
The Kauri Rescue team is excited to be invited to participate in a kauri collaboration display space at the Whangarei A&P Show on Saturday 6 December 2025.
Winter Roundup
Busy summer & Kaipara expansion | George Taua | Amazing turnout at the Wetland Festival | Watercare funding | Book your reassessment & re-treatment for next summer | Special volunteers
Cover photo: Rebecca O’Cleirigh
DECEMBER 2024 & JANUARY 2025 NEWS
Ngā mihi o Te Tau Hau / Happy New Year from Kauri Rescue | Join us at the World Wetland Festival at Matuku Link | Join us at the Āwhitu Tiaki te Whenua Day | Treatment tools evaluation report online | International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) Phytophthora conference 2024 | Re-treatment is rolling out | Thanks to Key Industries | We need your donations to support our work | Thanks to our funders
AUGUST 2024 NEWS
Treating Taonga Trees in the Cascades | New funding from Foundation North | International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) Phytophthora Conference 2024 | Treatment Tools Evaluation Report and Online Hui | Re-treatment Strategy |