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Government to spend $28 million on kauri dieback disease battle


Government to spend $28 million on kauri dieback disease battle
(Photo / NZ Herald)
Thu, 20 May 2021, 5:07PM
The Government has injected $28 million into the battle to save New Zealand s iconic kauri from an as yet uncurable tree-killing disease.
Kauri dieback disease has become prominent over the past decade, spreading throughout the Auckland region and the Coromandel, to Waipoua Forest in Northland and most recently Puketi Forest in the Bay of Islands.
Last month, an expert warned other tree species could be lost if the soil-borne disease wasn t stopped.
Today s Budget announcements include $28m, as part of $32m in funding over five years, to roll out a new National Pest Management Plan to protect kauri. ....

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Fine for Russell owner of kiwi-killing dog a national record


Fine for Russell owner of kiwi-killing dog a national record
7 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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This kiwi was found on Uruti Rd on January 19, 2018, and later linked by DNA analysis to a husky-labrador cross named Weka. Photo / supplied
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern [email protected]
The $4500 fine handed down to a Northland man whose roaming dog killed kiwi is a national record, the Department of Conservation says.
Last week the Advocate reported Martin Christopher Allen, of Russell, had been
sentenced in the Kaikohe District Court for owning a dog causing the deaths of two kiwi in 2018. ....

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Kauri dieback sniffer dogs a new weapon in the fight against fatal tree disease


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Five-year-old jagdterrier Mawhai is one of the world’s first kauri dieback sniffer dogs.
During the event Pip and Mawhai tackled two courses, sniffing out kauri dieback samples from soils and a pair of rubber gloves.
Since February 2020, the council have spent just shy of $50,000 training the two dogs and their handlers to detect the disease in a range of materials, including tree roots.
“It was a challenging assignment for the dogs and for us as trainers,” lead handler Brian Shields said.
“Dogs are commonly used throughout New Zealand to detect invasive animals and plants. Training them to detect a pathogen can at times be a difficult task when it is not visible to the naked eye. ....

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