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Heather Jean Bryham admires a large, old pūriri tree on the family farm near Waipū.
Caption:Heather Jean Bryham admires a large, old pūriri tree on the family farm near Waipū.Photo credit:RNZ / Peter de GraafLarge, old pūriri trees like this one on the Bryham property make an ideal home for many native species.RNZ / Peter de GraafSisters Heather Jean Bryham, left, and Linda Bryham. The current State Highway 1, in the background, passes between the two largest remaining stands of kahikatea.RNZ / Peter de GraafThe family was allowed to keep part of the forest where Mossy Bryham’s ashes are scattered when the current State Highway 1 was built in the 1990s.RNZ / Peter de GraafHeather Jean Bryham with one of the larger kahikatea trees on the family property.RNZ / Peter de GraafA smaller stand of kahikatea next to the existing State Highway 1.RNZ / Peter de GraafThe understorey is dense in a stand of kahikatea fenced off for the past 60 years.RNZ / Peter de GraafA pair of kahikatea are silhouetted against the sky.RNZ / Peter de GraafThe nocturnal Hochstetter’s frog lives near streams on the Brynderwyn Hills.John Johns / Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te KāwanatangaState Highway 1 over Northland’s Brynderwyn Hills was closed repeatedly in 2023 and 2024 due to major slips.Supplied/ NZTA
A drone image captures the massive slip at Helena Bay Hill in Northland, cutting off Ōakura Bay.
Chris Bishop standup
State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyns will close until 12 May for repairs.
A drone image captures the massive slip at Helena Bay Hill in Northland, cutting off Ōakura Bay.
Looking down towards Anchorage in the Abel Tasman National Park
A giant petrel found on Farewell Spit on Wednesday is likely to have died in a storm, but is being tested for H5 bird flu virus given recent cases in Australia.
Tarakihi at Pak n Save Kilbirnie.
An image showing the 2015 El Niño with rising temperatures in the Pacific.
Wakari Hospital
The locusts Malcolm Diack farms are found naturally in New Zealand.
Victim Support chief executive James McCulloch.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, UNITED STATES - JUNE 25: Nestory Irankunda of Australia during the World Cup match between Paraguay v Australia at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on June 25, 2026 in San Francisco Bay Area United States (Photo by Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images)