Prevention
What can I do to stop it spreading?

When you are around kauri:
- Make sure shoes, tyres and equipment are cleaned to remove all
visible soil and plant material before AND after visiting kauri
forest
- Please use cleaning stations installed on major tracks
- Stay on the track and off kauri roots
- Keep your dog on a leash at all times.
We all can help - tourists, hunters, trappers, trampers,
runners, bikers, walkers. We all need to make it happen, rather
than hope 'someone else' will do it.
Read more here on how to stop the spread (170.6 KB PDF).
How can I spread the word?
Download a banner or
button from our website to send to a friend or upload to your
website.
What should I do if I have kauri on my land?
- Do not walk on kauri tree roots or compact soil
around them. Keep dogs and animals away from kauri
trees.
- Fence off kauri in rural situations to prevent damage and
disease spread by stock.
- Download this warning sign and put it up to
alert visitors to the dangers of spreading the disease. This can be
laminated to make it more durable, or for a more permanent sign
please contact the Kauri Dieback Hotline on 0800 NZ KAURI (69
52874).
- If you think your trees have symptoms of kauri dieback
contact the Kauri Dieback Hotline on 0800 NZ KAURI (69
52874).
Will parks or reserves be closed?
There will be times when tracks are temporarily closed while
re-routing or other work takes place to significantly reduce the
spread of kauri dieback. Closure of parks or reserves is an option
that may be considered in the future.
What is being done?
Since 2009 Maori, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, the Department of Conservation, Auckland Council, Northland Regional Council, Waikato
Regional Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council have joined
forces in a comprehensive programme. We are working together as one
team to ensure the integrity of kauri ecosystems remains, to
protect high value kauri areas and iconic kauri trees. The
programme covers research into the detection and spread of kauri
dieback, methods to control it and public awareness campaigns to
help arrest its spread.
As we learn more about kauri dieback, efforts are focused on
limiting the spread of the disease and protecting uninfected
locations.
Footwear cleaning stations are now installed at many track
entrances in kauri areas. They should be used when entering AND
leaving.
Signage has been erected in key sites

Information is constantly being shared with landowners,
visitors, community groups, journalists, clubs and event managers
to help build awareness, understanding and action around kauri
dieback.
A national surveillance programme is helping to assess and
monitor locations of kauri dieback disease.
Research is underway to improve detection methods, increase our
knowledge of how the disease spreads and develop effective control
methods. You can learn from by downloading the
Scientific Posters in out Publications section.
Wild animal control, particularly of pigs, is happening in some
areas.
Work is also going into improving tracks construction, drainage
and other made-made influences that will help reduce the spread of
the disease.
Treatment and control tools
Plant
and Food Research are trialling phosphite for treatment of
kauri dieback. Phosphite has proven to be an effective cure for
Phytophthora species in Avocado orchards and in overseas
forest environments.
Lab trials with kauri dieback and phosphite control have been
very promising. Field trials are about to be undertaken
in Northland to assess the effectiveness in the field and what
dosage levels of phosphite are appropriate.