It is the largest kauri tree known to be living: 177 feet tall, 53 feet in circumference. Kauri, native to New Zealand, are among the world's longest-living trees, and Tane Mahuta has been growing ...

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 ...

Waipoua Forest Trust One of the world's oldest and largest living trees stands just a few steps from a major highway ... pronounced Tar-nay Mar-hoo-tar, is a kauri tree, a New Zealand icon ...

Kauri dieback, caused by the microscopic spore Phytophthora taxon Agathis (PTA), attacks the tree’s roots and destroys tissues which carry water and nutrients, gradually starving kauri to death.

Currently, when a kauri tree falls, its timber by law cannot be ... In the early 1990s, Polynesian Voyaging Society leaders looked to go a step further and replicate a Hawaiian voyaging canoe ...

"But we're just taking the right steps and hoping for the best ... with the developers until late last night. The giant kauri tree was at the centre of controversy in March when the owners ...

Tree contractors have agreed not to cut down a Titirangi kauri after neighbours told them about ts background.CHRIS MCKEEN / FAIRFAX NZ A kauri tree in Titirangi, West Auckland, appears to have ...

"The council needs to step up," Abel said ... adding it to a reserve with two other kauri on the roadside, or even purchasing the seeds and ensuring tree was saved. After the tree was ringbarked ...

Currently, when a kauri tree falls, its timber by law cannot be ... In the early 1990s, Polynesian Voyaging Society leaders looked to go a step further and replicate a Hawaiian voyaging canoe ...