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Kauri dieback
The science of sniffs – evaluating dogs to detect plant pathogens
Detection dogs as a tool to sniff out the pathogens causing kauri dieback
Autumn health check for Hunua Ranges kauri begins
Hunua Ranges ready for a health check in the hope it will confirm the forest is still free of the deadly kauri dieback disease
Another successful kauri dieback prosecution ahead of summer season
Stay on track this summer while walking the Waitākere Ranges.
Explore and play in central Auckland
Exploring Auckland’s paths are a great opportunity to combine exercise with helping the kids burn off some energy and having some fun.
Howick's Point View Track reopens in time for summer
Rediscover Point View Track this summer. Freshly upgraded, the bush path has re-opened, following a couple of months of improvements and prevention work against kauri dieback.
Heart of the Waitākere Ranges free of kauri dieback pathogen
Good news for Waitākere Ranges health
Auckland Council finalist in excellence awards
Click and collect, outdoor spin classes, virtual concerts and ground-breaking kauri programme make it to the finals of local government excellence awards.
Wilderness returns to Waitākere Ranges in time for Anzac weekend
On Friday 22 April the Gibbons, Muir and Pararaha Valley tracks in the Waitākere Ranges will be officially re-opened.
Looking for some Waitākere alternatives?
With more than 4000 parks across the region, there are heaps of alternatives to the Waitākere Ranges out there.
Help keep kauri standing this summer
If you’re looking for a nature fix this summer, there are heaps of kauri safe places you can go across the region
The race to save the mighty kauri
Kauri is one of our most important native species – here’s how Auckland Council is helping to protect it.
Injection of funding to fast-track kauri dieback work programme
Auckland Council has been successful in securing $1.9m over two years from the DOC administered Jobs for Nature Fund to support kauri dieback work in the region.
Second kauri dieback offender fined for entering closed tracks
Auckland Council has been successful in bringing a second prosecution for breaches relating to closed tracks in the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park.
Auckland Council hosts kauri dieback monitoring webinar
Download the video and read the Q&A from our kauri dieback webinar hosted earlier this year.
Grads Mawhai and Pip become New Zealand’s first specialist kauri dieback sniffer dogs
Biosecurity team’s secret weapon in the battle against kauri dieback.
New survey to study kauri health in Waitākere Ranges
Auckland Council surveys public land to monitor kauri dieback disease and for the first time will be extending its approach to include healthy trees in its studies.