Alison Ballance retrospective 5: kauri dieback disease

Alison Ballance revisits a 2013 feature on kauri dieback disease and talks to Nick Waipara to find out how the northern kauri forests are coping with the disease in 2021.

Alison Ballance's archive choice this week is about kauri dieback disease - she goes back to a feature recorded in 2013, and then hears from Nick Waipara about the situation in 2021.

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For more information head to the original 2013 feature: kauri dieback disease.

For further research into kauri dieback disease:

Kauri dieback and how microbes sense the world

Hunt for kauri that are resistant to kauri dieback disease

For stories on kauri's role as a keeper of past climate records:

Giant kauri trees and climate change

Climate data from kauri trees

Swamp kauri and past climates

Time travelling with a climate scientist

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details