Giant killer

Blogger: Forest & Bird’s Web Manager, Mandy Herrick

An army of miniscule tailed pathogens has been storming across our ancient kauri-land leaving skeletal remains in its wake.

In this video, I talked to one of the people fronting the counter-attack –  Auckland Council Ranger, Nick Waipara. So far, it has spread to Great Barrier, Auckland and Northland, and it may continue its march south. Last week, I talked to Nick about this water-borne, soil-borne disease and what they’re doing with the 4.7 mllion to stop its spread.

In this blog, I have covered off the pertinent (how’s it spread?) and the pithy (can we still hug kauri?), but if there’s any more questions you’d like to ask Nick, please leave a comment below and I’ll get mister Waipara to answer it.

Please note: I have also cut together some shorter clips. If you want to just find out what you can do to prevent its march across our forests (3 mins), or learn about its transmission & spread (5 mins) check out these clips.