Mid Dome Wilding Trees Charitable Trust

22/04/2026

Great article on Jeff Keen one of our newest trust members. Jeff has been fighting wilding conifers on his family farm on the outskirts of the Mid Dome area. As Jeff says we need to keep a "foot on the throat" of wilding conifers. Check out the article in the comments below.

19/04/2026

The Whakatipu Wilding Control Group joined the Mid Dome trust at an Environment Southland workshop last week to discuss the wilding issues in Southland and in particular at Mid Dome.
Consistent funding, better legislation and national lobbying were some of the key messages as the Mid Dome trust continues with underfunded contorta battle and the Douglas fir invasion that is happening across Southland but particularly in the northern Southland area.
Check out the articles below in comments

31/03/2026

Great article following the Glenaray High Country Station field day with Federated Farmers. View below is looking west towards East Dome, with Mid Dome in the distance behind (cant see it). The country in the foreground has had wilding contorta on it which the Mid Dome trust removed in 2009 and handed the land back to landowners to look after, but unfortunately contorta is still turning up in some corners. It is also now threatened by Douglas fir that has been found at East Dome and is over 10km from the closest seeding tree. Read the article, link found in the comments

03/12/2025

Another great story
Evolving wilding pines swallow up the South Island's high country - Newsroom

The trees' spread across the southern high country is ramping up a gear, as the worst seeders proliferate and evolve to better their chances of survival.

26/11/2025

A great article written by one of our Trustees. Please check it out.

Wilding pine fight at risk as funding dries up, threatening years of progress.

09/11/2025

With the devastating loss of many shelterbelts in Southland following the recent wind event you may be wondering what to plant as a replacement. Shelterbelts are a seed source for many wilding species so it is important to ensure that your choice of tree for your shelterbelt wont be the next wilding seed source.
Check out the resource in the comments below which gives a list of species for the Southland environment.

09/11/2025

Mid Dome volunteer day is coming up on Tuesday 9 December. If you have reasonable fitness and wish to help us control trees for the day please get in contact. Email [email protected]

29/09/2025

A very similar story at Mid Dome

🌲 Great coverage in Mountain Scene last week!
Our chairman, Grant Hensman, has highlighted the risk: funding cuts for wilding pine control could undo years of hard-won progress, potentially costing future generations billions.

Losing ground now means tougher, costlier battles ahead.

🔗 https://digital.scene.co.nz/html5/default.aspx

29/09/2025

A podcast and article which raises some very interesting questions on the value of forests to New Zealand.

Kerre Woodham shares her thoughts on the spread of wilding pines and whether or not we should continue to rely on pine trees.

29/09/2025

NZ's worst environmental disaster??

Wilding pines have been rapidly multiplying in the South Island high country, with fears that without extra eradication funding, their spread would become uncontrollable.

29/09/2025

Good coverage of the battle that farmers are having with wilding conifers