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Kōrero: Kauri forest

Lone kauri

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Lone kauri

The intensive logging of kauri forests in the 19th and 20th centuries altered the Northland landscape. Dense forest was replaced by farmland. Occasionally a single kauri survived the logging period, only to be felled later for its valuable timber.

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The Kauri Museum, Matakohe

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Joanna Orwin, Kauri forest – Using kauri, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10039/lone-kauri (accessed 4 June 2026).

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