'Like losing family': time may be running out for New Zealand's most sacred tree
Tāne Mahuta (Lord of the Forest) is about 2,500 years old. But its days will be numbered if it succumbs to kauri diebackNew Zealand’s oldest and most sacred tree stands 60 metres from death, as a fungal disease known as kauri dieback spreads unabated across the country.Tāne Mahuta (Lord of Read more