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Kōrero: Conifer–broadleaf forests

Kahikatea butter box

Kahikatea butter box

In the early decades of the 20th century kahikatea timber was used to make boxes in which butter was exported to Great Britain. Unlike most other woods, kahikatea did not taint the butter.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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John Dawson, Conifer–broadleaf forests – Loss of conifer–broadleaf forests, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11681/kahikatea-butter-box (accessed 14 July 2026).

He kōrero nā John Dawson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.