Loading Docs 2024 - Tū Tonu - Still Standing

You would have noticed that as we came up the hill all of the roots were intertwined? Kahikatea don't stand good alone, they weave their roots together like a whānau and then when the winds come to them as a grove they support each other... 

– Zane Wedding shares his knowledge about local rākau (trees) with rangatahi

I'm just sitting on my front deck wondering how I'm gonna pay rent. Literally, a truck pulls up, a bro' who I love, still to this day, jumps out he's like "what are you up to, do you want to come to work for the day?" and we went to work that day and he was the climber and, watching him, instantly I knew like that is what I wanna do.

– Zane Wedding on the day he involved himself with tree climbing and conservation

New Zealanders care about nature, we just do.

– Arborist and activist Zane Wedding on Aotearoa New Zealand's connection to nature

A police officer needs to care about their community, you are not showing that you care!

– Zane Wedding confronts police as they break up the Canal Road protest

We need housing but not this way! We're the only voice for these trees ... they can't speak!

– Passionate local at the Canal Road tree preservation protest

When they arrested me ... they took me to the jail. It was the best I've ever felt, eh? It was a longing that I had had since I had been living on the streets...

– Zane Wedding reflects on how the Canal Road protest changed his focus to activism

I have generations of work to do, I have to reclaim a language stolen from me, restore my tikanga and that is what I would have to sacrifice to become World Championships now...

– Zane Wedding on choosing his life path