Beneath the bogs of New Zealand’s Northland is a massive Ngāwhā kauri, living from 41,000 to 42,500 years ago, which gives an isolated, unbroken record of a period when Earth’s magnetic field declined ...

A man who cut down a prized kauri tree at Whangārei Hospital under the cover of a storm is still being hunted, and police have released CCTV images in the ...

This 170-foot-tall kauri tree is found in the remote Waipoua Forest of New Zealand and is sacred to the Maori people. "Tane Mahuta [the tree's name] is translated as 'Lord of the Forest,'" says ...

Kauri dieback, discovered in 2006, spreads through the movement of infested soil, often via mud on shoes. Once close to a kauri, the disease's spores infect its roots, causing them to rot.

An aged kauri tree in Auckland is up for the chop, but no one can agree just how old it is. The Auckland Council has given permission to a developer to cut down the tree so two houses can be built on ...

Stephen King, a kauri reforestation expert, watched helplessly as a healthy 600-year-old kauri near his home in the Waipoua Forest turned brown and died in just two months. "A beautiful big tree ...

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 should be long dead.

A creek gently rippled across the glade. More than 50 scientists, activists, artists and Māori elders were gathered to share knowledge and inspiration on how to save an iconic tree species, kauri, ...

Waihoanga Gorge Kauri Walk Reopened The rain held off just long enough to allow for a dry ceremony to commemorate the reopening of the Waihoanga Gorge Kauri walk within the Puketi Forest on 3 ...

The tree, which had been buried in 26 feet of soil, measures eight feet in diameter and 65 feet in length. Carbon dating revealed it lived for 1,500 years, between 41,000 and 42,500 years ago.

A peculiar tree stump in New Zealand is testing this question. Scientists found a tree stump of the species Agathis australis, known as the kauri tree, that is still growing new tissue despite ...

The rain held off just long enough to allow for a dry ceremony to commemorate the reopening of the Waihoanga Gorge Kauri walk within the Puketi Forest on 3 August, 2000.