Traditional Māori medicine helps kauri health, long-term monitoring suggests 

Trees impacted by kauri dieback disease are showing signs of recovery thanks to traditional Māori medicine, a practitioner says.

Rongoā Māori practitioner Tohe Ashby has been using mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge) on Northland kauri for 18 months.

He said monthly monitoring shows the treated trees have less leakage on their trunks and improved bark growth – positive signs for the kauri tree, one of the most endangered plants on the planet. Tohe spoke to Stuff reporter Denise Piper.