Wilding warriors

January 2017

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January 2017

They're known as the Palmy Pine Pullers for a reason. photo: Anthony Behrens
A green tsunami is consuming the land, but trampers and climbers are standing up to threats posed by wilding pines HE FIRST noticed the problem in the Mackenzie Basin while walking northbound or ‘NOBO’ on the Te Araroa Trail. Anthony Behrens thought it appalling. A few weeks later, he and his partner Fiona Burleigh got to […]
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