A fire in wilding pines near the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park on August 31, 2020. Inadequate Government funding to fight New Zealand's wilding pines infestations could mean the country's economy takes a $4.6 billion hit. As firefighters battled a 3500-hectare blaze involving wilding pines near Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, co-ordinator of the NZ Wilding Conifer Group, Rowan Sprague, says the costs of not getting on top of the problem will soar. Bejon Haswell/Stuff A fire burns through a wilding pines infestation near the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park on August 31, 2020. “The fires burnt through wilding pines, and were intense hot fires which caused a lot of damage.

Source: Stuff September 01, 2020 03:11 UTC