For centuries, the North Island was cloaked in towering Kaimai. In recent years, kauri “dieback” has been slowly killing these rākau rangatira (chiefly trees) across the country.
Following a false positive reading in 2023, the Kaimai Mamaku, Aotearoa New Zealand's southernmost kauri forest is now confirmed free of Phytophthora agathidicida (PA) - the pathogen that causes kauri dieback disease.
