A Rimu tree will be planted at Dunedin Botanic Garden this weekend to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Mayor of Dunedin Jules Radich, mana whenua representatives and other dignitaries will ...

After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population It has been four long years, but the world’s heaviest parrots, the ...

They make an eccentric pair. The world’s heaviest parrot – which also happens to be flightless – depends on the berries of a tall conifer tree for breeding, but the rimu tree can go for years without ...

In four generations, a Rai Valley family has gone from logging to planting native trees, writes former Marlborough Express journalist Penny Wardle for Te Hoiere Project. Justin and Hamish Morrison ...

A rimu tree estimated to be about 600 years old is among those illegally felled in the central North Island’s protected conservation forests. Department of Conservation (DoC) principal compliance ...

A promising breeding season is on the cards for one of Aotearoa’s critically endangered birds – the kākāpō. The iconic, flightless taonga only breeds when rimu trees put out masses of fruit, in what’s ...

The dark form of a rimu tree is one example of many maturing natives on this Mt Eden track. Photo / Meg Liptrot There's nothing like going for a walk on a crisp winter's day and, in the colder months, ...

DoC is asking for the public's help after a spate of illegal tree-felling in the Pukeora Forest Park and the Tongariro Forest Conservation Area. A rimu tree estimated to be about 600 years old is ...