The secret to a perfect Christmas tree
The quest for the best Christmas conifer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Local Focus: Picnic in the Pinetum
Largest collection in the southern hemisphere. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Meet the mite tackling our worst weed problem
The mite to fight the country's most prolific weed. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Seabed smothered in forestry sediment
7.5m tonnes of sediment is flowing into Hawke's Bay. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Billion Trees bungle: One million seedlings but land unfit
The plan was to plant 1.1 million pine trees - then someone looked at the ground.
Store seeds to save our trees? Don't bank on it
NZ shouldn't rely on seed-banking to save species like kauri from killer plant diseases.
Paradise lost or fortune gained? The stoush over Hicks Bay
Hicks Bay hapu won't contemplate a port. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
United Nations showdown: Baby Neve versus the fossil fool
Neve charmed people and awakened the parts of their brains that want to protect life
'Challenging but achievable' - how NZ can go green
A low-emissions economy for NZ is "challenging but achievable", commission's report finds.
Plan to unlock fortune trapped in communal Māori land
Pitch to owners of marginal land - let us plant your land and split the profits.
Amanda Black and Monica Gerth: Lose kauri and we lose a piece of ourselves
COMMENT: Kauri dieback is one of the biggest crises ever to face New Zealand's forests.
Climate change: Extreme fire risk may double
A warming New Zealand could help pine forests grow - but not without extreme fire risk.
History seen through the trees
Using geocaching to discover the history of Wildbore. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Call to shut public out of all kauri forests
Forest and Bird has shut its own reserves to dramatise a need to close all kauri forests.
Ten years, 1 billion trees - making the numbers add up
Planting 1 billion trees in 10 years is more achievable than it might sound.
Z Energy pays $1.5m to offset impact of carting fuel
But the company says it won't cover the cost of offsetting the fuel it sells.
Parker: Cabinet approved iwi exemption
Winston Peters launches fierce defence of David Parker over Te Arai exemption.
'It's traumatising people': Tsunami of logging slash angers farmers
Tolaga Bay people have had enough of slash. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Two families homeless, others isolated as logs hit East Coast bridges
Environmentalists demand end to clearfelling after logs exacerbate Tolaga Bay flooding.
After 20 million years, kauri are officially 'threatened'
They've dominated our forests for 20 million years. Now kauri are officially threatened.
Dinosaur-killing asteroid also wiped out forests, birds
Forests and birds living in them were also wiped out by the dinosaur-killing K–Pg event.
Has New Zealand failed its environment?
50 years on from the Manapouri saga, NZ's laws have failed its environment, writer argues.
Local Focus: Story of Mauao told in new book
The first children's book on Mauao will be released. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Snowfalls fuelling skiing excitement
While skiers now can feast on pre-winter photos, 100 years ago the sport barely existed.
Fly-overs find 450 potential kauri dieback sites
Fly-overs reveal hundreds of new sites possibly infected with kauri dieback disease.
Editorial: Park closure not a cure for kauri dieback
Closing the Waitakeres is not the final answer to kauri dieback.
Ten of the worst storms to hit New Zealand
Ten of the worst: the misery inflicted in New Zealand by rain, wind and snow
Simon Wilson: A very good day for Waitakere Ranges
COMMENT: Council has made a brave decision on kauri dieback. Now it has to make it work.
Kiwis' Trump Forest growing 'faster than he's built his wall'
US president hasn't thanked three NZ men for the million-tree forest grown in his name.
Scant details on 'Ministry of Forestry'
Jones said he faced "rehabilitating the status of the New Zealand forestry sector".
DOC's latest move in battle against kauri dieback
Forest and Bird questions whether new stations will do much to stop spread of the disease.
Climbing kauri in the name of science
Ancient kauri trees are helping us understand how forests might fare in future droughts.
Emissions ruling angers forest owners
Rules for ETS eligibility have changed drastically, owners say
Whanganui forest owners frustrated with MPI
Two Whanganui forest ventures are at odds with Ministry for Primary Industries criteria.