Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Maori step in to save sacred tree

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 ...
The New York Times

How Maori Stepped In to Save a Towering Tree Crucial to Their Identity

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 tree, in ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Tree’s plight parallels that of isles’ koa

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 claimed ...
Ensia

In the forests of New Zealand, indigenous Maori and Western scientists work through past injustices to save a threatened species together

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Smithsonian Magazine

A Pox Upon the Kauri

A fungus from a group that ravages trees around the world is now infesting New Zealand's ancient, symbolic kauris. Waipoua Forest Trust One of the world's oldest and largest living trees stands just a ...