Voting is open for tree of the year - what would get your vote?

Nelson arborist and tree consultant Brad Cadwallader has spent much of his life working with trees, hunting for some of Aotearoa's biggest and most remarkable specimens and helping to tell their stories - hence one of his many job titles is "tree hunter." Brad is also curator of the New Zealand Tree Register and one of the organisers of the Tree of the Year competition, which celebrates some of the country's most notable native and exotic trees. Voting is open now for the 2026 competition, and you can head to treeoftheyear.co.nz to cast your vote. Brad Cadwallader chats to Emile.