Desert Road invaders

Kennedy Warne talks about the botanical threats along the Desert Road from invader plants.

Instead of native hebe on the dunes of the Rangipo Desert...

... introduced ling heather, along with a menacing leguminous trio of gorse, broom and lupin

The Desert Road is a "pest pathway" for weeds such as ling heather

Offroad escapades don't help the sensitive plants communities of the Rangipo Desert

Lindis Pass tussock colours not to your aesthetic taste?

... Add lupins - and open the door to a botanical invasion

The cairn-building impulse is strong - here near Kaikoura

Paleo social messaging on the Tasman mudflats between Mapua and Motueka

An art gallery has got in on the act, using the Tasman mudflats as a natural substrate for crab sculptures

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Kennedy Warne at Codfish Island. Photograph by Frans Lanting.

Kennedy Warne is an outdoorsman, adventurer, travel journalist, photographer and regular guest on Nine to Noon.