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The Department of Conservation (DOC) has confirmed it has no intention of re-opening Logues Bush Scenic Reserve in the foreseeable future.
The reserve, 11km north-east of Wellsford, was closed to the public in 2015 to prevent the spread of kauri dieback.
Tāmaki Makaurau district operations manager Rebecca Rush says the closure is part of a much wider response to protect the trees from a deadly pathogen.
“There is no intention of reopening in the near future because that particular area of bush is very heavily infested with the pathogen phytophthora agathidicida, which is the cause of kauri dieback,” Rush says.
“Even if DOC were to mitigate the risks, through track upgrades and spray stations, the risk remains very high of spreading the pathogen at Logues Bush further.”
