Stands of kahikatea established where ever conditions were right, but were regularly downed by floods, only to re-establish elsewhere.

The council plans to fell 43 heritage kahikatea and totara trees in Taumarunui and is seeking resource consent to do so.

Riccarton Bush in Christchurch contains the last remnant of a kahikatea floodplain forest in Canterbury, thanks to the Deans family's early conservation efforts.

Haast beef farmer and crayfisherman Kerry Eggeling had recently cleared about 12 hectares of rimu and kahikatea forest and converted it into pasture.

One of the last remaining Kahikatea forests in the top of the South Island is set to be restored.