Recent research on Kahikatea:

Canopy in forest near Te Awamutu by G. Blake
Vegetation recovery and management of kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)-dominated forest remnants in the Waikato Region:
http://hdl.handle.net/10289/5112
Mechanisms of interference between kahikatea and grey willow in the Waikato:
http://hdl.handle.net/10289/4408
Dynamics of kahikatea forest remnants in middle North Island: implications for threatened and local plants:
http://www.conservation.co.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/Sfc113.pdf
From the New Zealand Journal of Ecology:
Vegetatioin recovery in rural kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) forest fragments in the Waikato Region, New Zealand, following retirement from grazing:
http://www.nzes.org.nz/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j29_2&pdf_filename=NZJEcol29_2_261.pdf
Fencing enables even small and long-grazed kahikatea remnants to restore themselves and compete with most weeds, according to a Waikato Landcare Research study.
http://www.qe2.org.nz/Site/About_QEII/Partnerships/Landcare_Research/Landcare_Research_Fragments/fencing_kahikatea_remnants.aspx
http://hdl.handle.net/10289/5112
Mechanisms of interference between kahikatea and grey willow in the Waikato:
http://hdl.handle.net/10289/4408
Dynamics of kahikatea forest remnants in middle North Island: implications for threatened and local plants:
http://www.conservation.co.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/Sfc113.pdf
From the New Zealand Journal of Ecology:
Vegetatioin recovery in rural kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) forest fragments in the Waikato Region, New Zealand, following retirement from grazing:
http://www.nzes.org.nz/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j29_2&pdf_filename=NZJEcol29_2_261.pdf
Fencing enables even small and long-grazed kahikatea remnants to restore themselves and compete with most weeds, according to a Waikato Landcare Research study.
http://www.qe2.org.nz/Site/About_QEII/Partnerships/Landcare_Research/Landcare_Research_Fragments/fencing_kahikatea_remnants.aspx