Concerned Waitakere residents say the full closure of the ranges can't come soon enough, as people continue to flout the rahui.

Kauri dieback disease, which can be spread by muddy boots, has affected around 20 percent of trees in the forest.

Forty-four tracks have been closed already, and all forests in the Regional Park will be closed next month.

Waitakere Ranges Protection Society president John Edgar says pleas from iwi to stay out of the park have fallen on deaf ears, particularly over Easter.

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"There's very little compliance with the rahui and the carparks have been full because the weather's been good."

Edgar says the problem stems from a lack of communication from the Auckland Council, with very few signs or notices put up explaining the issue and it's utmost importance in terms of biosecurity.

"So we're just waiting now until the first of May when council actually enforce the closures."

He says how the council manage the closures come the deadline will be of critical importance to the success of the measures to save Waitakere's kauri.

And he warns if people don't change their behaviour they'll lose the very things they come to the ranges for.

"Some people don't know anything about the closures and some of them do and are just going to flout it anyway, but the old adage that people kill the thing they love is true in this case."