by Mels Barton | Jun 16, 2026 | News
Kauri Rescue has received a short term grant from Tiakina Kauri to cover the period to the end of June 2026 to expand our operations outside the Auckland Region. We have been using it to offer treatment opportunities to landowners in Northland and to support our iwi...
by Mels Barton | Jun 16, 2026 | News
Thanks to some funding from Northland Regional Council and Tiakina Kauri we have been able to offer support to landowners in Northland with kauri infected with kauri dieback disease for the first time. Eileen was the first recipient of one of our phosphite treatment...
by Mels Barton | Jun 10, 2026 | Events, News
The Kauri Rescue team recently attended a well attended Kauri Ora hui in Whangarei 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. The team stayed overnight at the...
by Mels Barton | Apr 14, 2026 | News
The Kauri Rescue team has been 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. This work has been a fantastic collaboration with Auckland Council, Te Kawerau...
by Mels Barton | Apr 14, 2026 | News
The Kauri Rescue team has been back to the Te Piringa area of the Cascades in the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park to reassess the health of the 60 big taonga kauri trees that we treated with phosphite in May 2024. Two years into this trial of applying various phosphite...
by Mels Barton | Mar 17, 2026 | News
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. We are grateful for NRC’s support, and hope it marks the beginning of a long...
