Tane Mahuta, pronounced Tar-nay Mar-hoo-tar, is a kauri tree, a New Zealand icon, found on stamps, tea towels and postcards. And to many New Zealanders, it's a symbol of recent efforts to protect ...

It was a kauri tree, a copper-skinned conifer endemic to New Zealand. The indigenous Māori hold the species sacred and use its honey-colored softwood for traditional carvings and ocean-going canoes.

“Immediately the question comes up, why would a tree be alive without any foliage?” To find out, the duo returned and stuck both the stump and the two nearest kauri trees with bunches of ...

Tāne Mahuta, an ancient tree named after the god of forests in Māori mythology, is threatened by the slow creep of an incurable disease. Tourists visiting Tāne Mahuta, the largest known kauri ...

Visitors and locals in Northland are being urged to follow simple hygiene protocols to protect the region’s iconic native ...

The findings suggest a shift from the perception of trees as individuals towards understanding forest ecosystems as "superorganisms." "My colleague Martin Bader and I stumbled upon this kauri tree ...

By JoAnna Klein In a rain forest near Auckland, New Zealand, a leafless kauri tree stump rises a few feet off the ground. These trees can become giants: The country’s biggest, Tāne Mahuta ...

In a forest in New Zealand, a vampire clings to life. Once a mighty kauri tree — a species of conifer that can grow up to 165 feet (50 meters) tall — the low, leafless stump looks like it ...

The tree—an Agathis australis, better known as its Māori name kauri—was found in Ngawha, on New Zealand's North Island, during excavation work for the expansion of a geothermal power plant ...

A kauri tree stump in the middle of an Auckland forest has offered new insights into tree communities, which could be harnessed to fight Kauri dieback, research suggests. Essentially, kauri trees ...