Kōrero: Kauri forest

Ki mua

The kauri tree

Whai muri

When fully grown, the kauri tree has a massive columnar trunk topped by branches that spread like umbrella spokes, supporting a crown of leaves.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQA 6500 Col729

by John Johns

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Joanna Orwin, Kauri forest – How and where kauri grows, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10018/the-kauri-tree (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Joanna Orwin, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.