Pastures Past: The early debate over New Zealand’s pine forests
Yet not everyone was convinced. Concerns about fire risk accompanied the expansion of pine forests, particularly in remote…
Will building more homes to solve the housing crisis cost us our trees?
As we build more homes to tackle the housing crisis some worry trees will become collateral damage. But…
Christchurch warehousing boom: Hornby Quadrant grows on former apple orchards
A large-format warehouse for Glassons contains clothing, while nearby, a new building for France’s Lactalis is a fast-moving…
Melville resident to cut down giant pine before council tree policy change
A home owner in Perth’s south plans to cut down a 20-metre tall “beast” of a tree in…
Ashburton silage fire extinguished after spreading to nearby pine trees
Malisha Kumar Multimedia journalist·NZ Herald· 23 Aug, 2026 01:33 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium…
‘Super’ El Nino could doom the Amazon Rainforest
Drought. Fire. Mass illegal logging. Now, researchers warn another “Super” El Niño could doom the Amazon rainforest. “The…
Wild goats chilling on suburban Napier cliff-face are enjoying nearby residents’ fruit trees
“We do get calls about them. We are exploring potential solutions,” a Napier City Council spokeswoman said. Wild…
Patrick Dougherty’s ‘Stickwork’ Installations Conjure Connections with Nature — Colossal
For more than four decades, environmental artist Patrick Dougherty has reimagined the technical and sculptural capabilities of one…
Why I used an £89,000 pension lump sum to buy five acres of woodland
Matthew Barber, 66, decided to do something a little different when he received his pension lump sum four…
Teen barista brews business success with Whangārei coffee cart
For now, though, the 17-year-old is focused on perfecting her coffee-making craft and growing her customer base one…
Costa Rica lost nearly half its forests in just a few decades, then planted millions of trees and became one of the world’s greatest reforestation success stories |
By the 1980s, Costa Rica was facing an environmental crisis that few could have imagined just decades earlier.…
Alan Trent named as businessman who felled native trees on Tasman conservation land
The offence carried a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment, or a fine not exceeding $100,000, or both.…