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Kahikatea stand

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Kahikatea stand

The Tūrua forest between the lower Waihou and Piako rivers, in which kahikatea was the dominant tree, was almost entirely felled between 1865 and 1900. This stand of kahikatea in the Tūrua domain is one of the few which remain.

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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel places – Hauraki Plains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30633/kahikatea-stand (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Monin, published 13 December 2010.