Iwi ban on entering Auckland park has support and detractorsSIMON SMITH/STUFF The ancestors of Te Kawerau ā Maki on this pou stand guard over the forest of the Waitākere Ranges at the Arataki Visitor Centre. A local iwi was to place a ritual ban upon walking in the forest of the Waitākere Ranges from December 2. AUCKLAND COUNCIL/SUPPLIED The Waitākere Ranges Regional Park is the large green area at the left of this unitary plan map of Auckland. The options ranged from doing nothing through to full closure of the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park. Kauri are dying from the incurable disease Phytophthora agathidicida, also called kauri dieback disease.

Source: Stuff December 01, 2017 07:30 UTC