WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- In an ancient grove in northern New Zealand, the mighty conifer known as Tane Mahuta, lord of the forest, is threatened by the encroachment of a deadly enemy. It is the ...

Kauri, native to New Zealand, are among the world’s longest-living trees, and Tāne Mahuta has been growing ... that was alive,” Waipara said. Snow Tane, the general manager of the Te Roroa ...

Access to the world's biggest kauri is set to be restored this Saturday after an almost three-month project to upgrade visitor infrastructure and protect the tree from a deadly pathogen.

A kauri ambassador, Vanessa Rapira, washing her shoes before entering the track to Tāne Mahuta. Kauri dieback spores are carried on shoes.Credit...Ruth Mcdowall for The New York Times Snow Tane ...

Tane Mahuta is a little brother to Senna Kowhai ... She said the magazine would run a picture of the Lewis family with the baby, if they could get one. "This is our Kiwi royal." ...

WAIPOURA, NEW ZEALAND » It’s a giant tree so awe-inspiring that the local Maoris named it Tane Mahuta, or "God of the Forest." But a sad truth, they add, is that before industry and disease ...

Tane Mahuta might be vulnerable but is not in immediate danger of dying. There are no plans at the moment to close the walkway to the world's most famous kauri and other iconic trees in Waipoua ...

So goes the Maori story of creation. Having learnt it in school, I'm excited about exploring Northland's Waipoua Forest, where Tane Mahuta's namesake - one of the world's oldest and biggest kauri ...

WAIPOURA, NEW ZEALAND » It’s a giant tree so awe-inspiring that the local Maoris named it Tane Mahuta, or “God of the Forest.” But a sad truth, they add, is that before industry and disease ...