by Mark Roberts | Nov 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
The tallest tree in New Zealand grows quietly in the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, just north of Dunedin. It (she), doesn’t have the grandeur or the mana of Tane Mahuta and his whanau, even though she would tower 30m (100ft) or more above them. She is a slender wee thing...
by Mark Roberts | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Little by little until its gone – each bit seems like nothing, yet all the bits were something, and before you know it, it’s gone, finished, over; whatever it was – it is no longer there. Is this is the story of Auckland’s urban forest? The [Auckland] Tree Council...
by Mark Roberts | Aug 13, 2017 | Trees, Uncategorized
I was lucky enough to be at this year’s International Tree Climbing Competition (ITCC) and witness team NZ win again. Even though I have seen it before I’ll never get tired of it – New Zealand winning or the ITCC. I was judging at this year’s competition which was a...
by Mark Roberts | Jul 4, 2017 | Trees, Uncategorized
Not being afraid to throw the proverbial cat at the pigeons, I have proposed a paper for the 2nd Asia Pacific Urban Forestry Meeting on why urban forests cannot exist… The myth of the urban forest Abstract: Urban forests are not naturally occurring...
by Mark Roberts | Apr 11, 2017 | Trees, Uncategorized
There comes a point where you start to assume others know what you know. Not in a paranoid ‘they’re in my head’ kind of way, but simply because you take a piece of knowledge for granted. That knowledge ceases to be special to you, you know it, you have known it for so...
by Mark Roberts | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ll take the opportunity now to write something that is unlikely to be seen – something destined to hide in the blogasphere… in the cloud (whatever those may be?). My current thinking for my blog is to start off on the negative then move into the...
