In the High Court at Auckland on Wednesday, Justice Kit Toogood ruled that ancient swamp kauri was not subject to the Protected Objects Act and that its export could continue as usual. Photo: SIMON ...

In your email of 28 May 2015, you asked me to carry out a formal inquiry into how the Ministry for Primary Industries (the Ministry) and New Zealand Customs regulate and oversee the ancient swamp ...

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is making changes to swamp kauri rules which will improve transparency, clarity and oversight of the law. The Ministry’s director spatial, forestry and land ...

Roughly 50,000 years ago, a series of horrible storms wracked northern New Zealand, burying stands of ancient Kauri trees in peat and mud—where they waited, for many, many millennia, to be ...

Nov. 9 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's highest court has ruled that exporting slabs of swamp kauri as "tabletops" or swamp kauri logs as "totem or temple poles" is illegal under the Forests Act. The ...

The Green Party is calling for a full investigation into the swamp kauri export industry in Northland. Authorities have tightened regulations overseeing the sector after allegations rules banning the ...

Tougher rules are designed to control the extraction and illegal export of swamp kauri, to help protect wetlands and endangered species. Tougher measures have been introduced to monitor the extraction ...

The Government is seeking more details as serious allegations are aired about practices around the export of swamp kauri. New Zealand First and the Greens claim restrictions on the export of the logs ...

Exporters are flouting the rules to ship "the world's most valuable timber" out of New Zealand, the High Court at Auckland has heard. The Far North Environmental Protection Society is asking Justice ...

Christchurch, New Zealand based creator of one of a kind swamp Kauri tables launches to bring bespoke dining, coffee and conference tables to life We are thrilled to offer these unique and exceptional ...

Between 50 per cent and 70 per cent of swamp kauri is estimated to be still in the ground. Photo / File New information has been released about the location of some of Northland's most coveted and ...