Trees

The mayor of Gisborne wants reassurances her council will not lose its ability to apply strict rules to forestry on vulnerable land. Audio

89-year-old Fraser Ross has been restoring a podocarp forest remnant for nearly half a century. Arowhenua Bush near Temuka was damaged after a severe norwesterly gale struck the district in 1975. Video, Audio

On any given day in the capital, there's a chance that you'll stumble into a man dressed as a tree, playing the saxophone. The man beneath the costume is Wellington musician Jarrod Wood. Audio

Kauri Forno runs a tree nursery in Gisborne which has been donating trees around Te Tai Rāwhiti for the past three decades. The Women's Native Tree Project Trust started with the aim of planting a… Audio

From the back country to the coast, and the flats and rolling hills in between, you won't find many places or people untouched by the claws of cyclones Hale and Gabrielle which ravaged Tairāwhiti at… Audio

Che talks to Kathryn about why Southern mayors can't keep out of the news, the intentional poisoning of trees, Henry the tuatara's keeper calls it a day after 52 years and the Routeburn Classic Trail… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Why do we need more tree cover in our urban environments? The Detail finds out. Audio

Tree's are an important tool for our cities to be resilient when it comes to heavy rain. Mark Lockhart is a landscape architect, board member of The Tree Council, and involved with Mana Rakau. He… Audio

700 hectares of hill country on Nigel and Cathy Graham's Kaikoura farm is being retired. Income from honey and carbon credits are repacing livestock on the regenerating land. The couple have also… Audio

We're in the car with Herb Christophers who has just retired from the Department of Conservation after a 30-year career. Herb is a walking encyclopaedia on everything you need to know about our native… Audio

A lot of urban areas are grassed by default and the planet would be better off if we planted trees instead, says AUT professor Len Gillman. He's been writing about the downsides of mowed grass for… Audio

Best of 2022 - A plantation of ancient tītoki trees used for perfume is among the secrets unveiled by historian and writer Mere Whaanga who has researched the story of Taipōrutu - her ancestral land… Audio

A Whanganui moggie has used up one of its nine lives after being rescued from a Phoenix palm in Goneville where it's been stuck for about two weeks.

Rio was plucked from the tree this morning after a… Audio

University of Otago urban ecologist Professor Yolanda van Heezik recently led a research team focused on the role private gardens can play in contributing to biodiversity. Professor van Heezik is with… Audio

Our forest correspondent, Dean Baigent-Mercer joins us for a discussion on permanent carbon sinks in the Emissions Trading Scheme which the Govt is about to announce. This discussion has often been… Audio, Gallery

It's time to recloak the whenua in native trees or lose more of it to extreme weather events - that's the call from well-known east coaster Manu Caddie.

A series of storms in Tairāwhiti has left… Video, Audio

The government has proposed a change to the Emission Trading Scheme that would mean permanent pine forests won't earn carbon credits. Forest and Bird spokesperson Dean Baigent-Mercer talks to Jesse. Audio

The pohutukawa, Aotearoa's Christmas tree, is in full bloom now in many parts of the country, signalling it's time to head to the beach. But just two decades ago the future of the iconic tree was in… Audio, Gallery

Sharing produce and growing know-how is rooted in Vanya Maw's philosophy. She's been running Wyenova Organics since 1992 and farms just about anything edible that grows with passion and pride. Audio