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Story: Kauri forest

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. How and where kauri grows

  3. Kauri forest ecology

  4. Using kauri

  5. Protecting kauri

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - How and where kauri grows

The kauri tree

The kauri tree (1st of 3)

Bark and gum

Bark and gum (2nd of 3)

Leaves

Leaves (3rd of 3)

Kauri cones

Kauri cones

Stages of growth

Stages of growth

The 10 largest living kauri

The 10 largest living kauri

Northland and Coromandel kauri forest, 2006

Northland and Coromandel kauri forest, 2006

From page 2 - Kauri forest ecology

Forest interior

Forest interior

Kauri snail

Kauri snail

Kauri podzol

Kauri podzol

Kauri litter

Kauri litter

Forest growth patterns

Forest growth patterns

From page 3 - Using kauri

Kauri waka

Kauri waka

Milling kauri, 1839

Milling kauri, 1839

Milling kauri, 1900s

Milling kauri, 1900s

Kauri felling

Kauri felling (1st of 3)

Bullock team

Bullock team (2nd of 3)

Tripping a kauri dam

Tripping a kauri dam (3rd of 3)

Lone kauri

Lone kauri

From page 4 - Protecting kauri

Trounson Kauri Park

Trounson Kauri Park

Opening of Waipoua Forest Sanctuary

Opening of Waipoua Forest Sanctuary

Milling in the 1970s

Milling in the 1970s

Recycling kauri

Recycling kauri (1st of 2)

Renovating Government Buildings

Renovating Government Buildings (2nd of 2)

Kauri 2000

Kauri 2000

How to cite this page:

Joanna Orwin, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/kauri-forest/media (accessed 6 February 2023)

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 24 Sep 2007

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