Waitakere City residents are showing a keen interest in protecting the Waitakere Ranges, with up to 60 people attending community workshops on the issue. So far, six workshops have been held. The ...

The forest has been called the lungs of Auckland and a place of awe and majesty. But should the city cut off the Waitakere Ranges's 256 kilometres of walking tracks in an attempt to save its kauri ...

A new poll showing overwhelming support for special legislation to protect the whole Waitakere Ranges will be presented to the Waitakere City Council today. The Colmar Brunton poll shows over 80 ...

Questions are being raised about how long closures in the Waitakere Ranges will last and how they'll be policed. Closures to forest areas and high risk parts of the Hunua Ranges are up for ...

Kauri dieback disease in the Waitakere Ranges is even worse than the council's new study shows, tree advocates say. Tracks need to be changed in the west Auckland regional park, trees injected, better ...

2017: Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges could be closed to the 1 million people who visit every year under a dramatic proposal to save the park from kauri dieback disease - so why such a radical move and ...

A tree in the Waikato may have been cleared of Kauri dieback disease, but it remains the greatest threat to Auckland's Waitakere Ranges. Waikato Regional Council has cleared a sick Kauri tree near Mt ...

Two girls who suffered hypothermia during a weekend tramp in the Waitakere Ranges were off school yesterday resting but are in good spirits, principal Kate Shevland says. The Orewa College students, ...