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Multi-iwi project aims to protect Northland kauri, create jobs 12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Waipoua Forest is one of the two most significant old-growth kauri forests in New Zealand but it is under threat from kauri dieback disease. Photo / MPI Waipoua Forest is one of the two most significant old-growth kauri forests in New Zealand but it is under threat from kauri dieback disease. Photo / MPI Northern Advocate A government-funded collaboration between Northland iwi aims to stop the spread of kauri dieback and create up to 30 jobs. Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan announced th...

Bring the pacific home to your garden by planting tropical plants and foliage. Are you missing your annual island holiday while the borders are closed? Don't despair! Give your garden a tropical vibe and every day will feel like a vacation! Susan Andrews from Kings Plant Barn in Silverdale says tropical gardens grow best in areas with warm summers, mild winters, and no frost. "Anywhere from Tauranga north is ideal, and well as the warm pockets around Nelson and Blenheim," says Andrews. The conditions can be either hot and dry, or shadier and moist. When planning your planting, start by ev...

Poor Knights mainland garden resurrected at Tutukaka Marina 22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Marina manager Dylan Lease, with Tawapou Coastal Natives' Guy Bowden and project manager Hamish Clueard. Photo / Tania Whyte Reporter for the Northern Advocate jodi.bryant@nzme.co.nz A neglected Tutukaka garden, designated to showcase native Poor Knights Islands' plants on the mainland, has been resurrected. The Waerenga Tawhitinui (Poor Knights Garden) at Tutukaka Marina is a 2500sq m area which, over 20 years ago, then marina manager Guy Bowden created using propagated plants off the protecte...

Bay News: Opua wharf busy, America's Cup Kerikeri big screen, Russell sea slugs 13 Jan, 2021 02:00 AM 9 minutes to read The Beast luxury launch owned by Sir Michael Hill and at rest at Opua. Northern Advocate Opua wharf's busy season In the first week of the new year, parked end-to-end on one side of the small Opua wharf were three substantial marine craft. First to arrive, and technically the smallest of the three in length, was the 40-metre luxury catamaran called The Beast, painted camouflage-style and owned by jeweller to the stars, violinist and golfer, Sir Michael Hill...

Northland weed-busters tackling rampant moth plant at Onerahi 12 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Chrissie Stephenson discovered the Moth Plant in her own backyard before noticing it on the roadside in Onerahi. Photo / Tania Whyte Chrissie Stephenson discovered the Moth Plant in her own backyard before noticing it on the roadside in Onerahi. Photo / Tania Whyte Reporter for the Northern Advocate jodi.bryant@nzme.co.nz A group of Onerahi residents are tackling a picturesque rampant noxious weed that has the ability to take out mature, native trees. Moth plant, with the botanical n...