Trees

An Otago university archaeologist says too little is being done to save unique Moriori tree carvings on the Chatham Islands. Audio

Ecologist Geoff Park goes in search of the reason why a small stand of ancient Kahikatea trees on a bend of the Mokau River has survived, despite the onslaught of forest-clearing and dairying. Audio

War memorials abound in this country. We love 'em, and they're every where. As the song says, "New Zealand small towns are all the same; pub, church, war memorial". And our own Wanganui was once… Audio

Ecologist Geoff Park examines the impact of European agriculture on the Hauraki Plains country, once the site of the richest pre-colonial Maori culture. It's also where the country's future landscape… Audio

The Moriori community is shocked and saddened after an ancient Moriori tree carving, aged between two-hundred and five-hundred years old, was vandalised at a Historic Reserve on the Chatham Islands. Audio

Dr Ian Barber is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Otago and discusses whether the loss of the kopi trees could have been avoided. Audio

Detailed 3D digital laser scans are preserving information about Moriori tree carvings on the Chatham Islands Audio

Moriori dendroglyphs, or tree carvings, are unique to the Chatham Islands, and are found on fewer than 200 trees. Many of these trees are dying. Audio

We discuss changes to the Resource Management Act, which take effect from the 1st of October, with Environment Minister Nick Smith and Stop the Chop campaigner Stacy Colyer. Audio

Kevin Burns believes he has evidence that the extinct moa's eating habits shaped how the native lancewood tree grows. Audio

Conservationists are warning the overhaul of the Resource Management Act will see the destruction overnight of native trees and large areas of bush. Audio

A night-time visit to the famous Northland kauri Tane Mahuta. Audio

A 1948 peacetime mobile radio unit interview with Reginald Day who talks about New Plymouth's wonderful trees. Audio

Jenny Macintyre goes into the Waipoua Forest at night, to see the giant kauri Tane Mahuta. Audio