The country’s largest trees, kauri are threatened by dieback and climate change. But there is hope for the revered species
In consultation with Te Kawerau ā Maki, the rangers have begun an intricate process of re-engineering tracks through the reserve – suspending many of them above the ground, and avoiding deep foundation pillars that disrupt root systems.
, writing to the New Zealand Royal Society to say that “no indigenous myths from anywhere in the world, no matter how poetic or hauntingly beautiful, belong in science classes”.In the case of kauri, however, rangers and conservationists say the advice of Māori has shaped and often predicted the scientific advice, as conservation efforts shift from a focus on kauri alone to a more holistic, interconnected one that looks at pressures on the forest as a whole.
Leighton likens the disease’s spread to the children’s game kerplunk, where a crisscross of sticks suspends a mass of marbles. “I think we’ll look back at this point in time, and we’re starting to see, nationally, a change in how we approach some of our natural resources,” he says. “The western science, if you like, it’s starting to point more and more to that interconnectedness.”
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