By Kira Carrington, Local Democracy Reporter
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Wilding pines are threatening to make their way into the KaikΕura ranges, as their rampant spread sparks a renewed call for more central government funding.
The Marlborough District Council's Environment and Planning committee heard about the incursion in south Marlborough during an update on the invasive exotic pest on Thursday.
South Marlborough Restoration Trust chairperson Johnny Oswald told the committee the trust's wilding pine control team had discovered a patch of wilding trees about 3km from the as-yet uninfected Inland KaikΕura Range.
The nearest conifers were 25km to 30km away in the B
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