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Story: Kauri forest

Page 5. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Kauri

    On the Department of Conservation website, this is a summary of the decline and conservation of kauri.

  • Kauri 2000

    This site of Coromandel trust Kauri 2000 provides history, news and information about kauri and replanting.

  • Keep kauri standing

    The site of the kauri dieback programme provides up-to-date information about the disease and suggestions and resources for fighting it.

  • Tāne’s Tree Trust

    The website of a New Zealand lobby group for the sustainable management of native timbers.

  • Walk among the kauri

    A visitor’s guide to the history of kauri in Northland, and travel details.

More suggestions and sources

  • Bergin, D. O., and G. Steward. Kauri: ecology, establishment, growth and management. Rotorua: Forest Research, 2004.
  • Enright, N. J., and R. S. Hill, eds. The southern conifers. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1995.
  • Halkett, J., and E. V. Sale. The world of the kauri. Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1986.
  • Mackay, Duncan. Working the kauri: a social and photographic history of New Zealand's pioneer kauri bushmen. Auckland: Random Century, 1991.
  • Orwin, Joanna. Kauri: witness to a nation’s history. Auckland: New Holland, 2004.
  • Reed, A. H. The new story of the kauri. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1964.
  • Simpson, Thomas E. Kauri to radiata. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973.
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How to cite this page

Joanna Orwin, Kauri forest, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/6871/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009.