The installation at the Titirangi roundabout includes signs with useful information to help people understand the best ways to keep their kauri healthy and avoid the spread of kauri dieback disease.
The Titirangi Ratepayers and Residents Association is marking the start of The Tree Council's Tree Week (3-11 October) by dressing up one of the Titirangi Roundabout statues as a kauri tree.
The installation includes signs with useful information to help people understand the best ways to keep their kauri healthy,
manage sick trees and avoid the spread of kauri dieback disease.
In response to widespread public concern about the devastating effects of kauri dieback disease in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area, and elsewhere in the Auckland Region, the group feels that more information needs to be shared.
"We want to give people the knowledge they need to better protect their healthy trees and the hope that they can manage any diseased trees on their property" says Chair Mels Barton.
"In Titirangi there are so many sick and dying kauri trees that the situation feels hopeless, but it isn't. So we want to empower landowners and anyone coming onto their property with knowledge and give them hope that they can deal with their own trees health in a positive and constructive way. If we all work together we can stop the spread and keep kauri healthy in our community."
