by Mels Barton | Mar 14, 2026 | News
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. We were really pleased to see how stable the majority of the trees were...
by Mels Barton | Mar 14, 2026 | News
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...
by Mels Barton | Mar 14, 2026 | Events, News
Kauri Rescue Project Coordinator Dr Mels Barton was delighted to be invited to participate in this Landowner’s Kauri Protection Workshop by Pest Free Kaipatiki. The attendees were super enthusiastic to learn all they could about kauri dieback disease and how to...
by Mels Barton | Jan 16, 2026 | Events, News
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...
by Mels Barton | Jan 16, 2026 | News
Our landowner treatment support work has kicked into gear for 2026 and we have been very busy since mid December delivering and demonstrating treatment kits to landowners on our waiting list as well as running workshops with our team to support those landowners with...
by Mels Barton | Jan 16, 2026 | News
Under the Lens: Kauri Dieback, Where Biodiversity Intersects with Biosecurity. What happens when you put science, community, and real world challenges under the lens? You get science that talks back. New podcast series Under the Lens explores the stories behind the...
