Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Maori’s treasured trees much like isles’ ohia lehua

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The Washington Post

For New Zealand’s Maori people, touching this sacred tree is taboo. They let scientists climb to help save it.

WAIPOUA FOREST, New Zealand — Two arborists, chest-deep in underbrush, secured a rope slung over a branch in the Waipoua Forest, close to the northern tip of New Zealand. Scott Forrest pumped his fist ...
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 Independent

How Maori stepped in to save a vital towering tree

In an ancient grove in northern New Zealand, the mighty conifer known as Tāne Mahuta, lord of the forest, is threatened by the encroachment of a deadly enemy. It is the largest kauri tree known to be ...
The Guardian

Salvation of New Zealand’s dying giant kauri trees may have roots in Māori wisdom

The country’s largest trees, kauri are threatened by dieback and climate change. But there is hope for the revered species Look out at the forest of Waitakere and you will see the skeleton of Aunt ...
Scoop

Whisper Cove Donates Trees to Local Maori

Whisper Cove, a luxury residential development overlooking Kawau Bay, has donated one Macrocarpa tree and six Totara trees to the local Ngati Manuhiri Iwi to be used in traditional Maori carvings.