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Story: Kauri forest

Forest interior

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Forest interior

Kauri forest is complex and contains various other species, including smaller conifers and broadleaved trees, lianes (vines) and perching epiphytic plants, tree ferns, nīkau palms and orchids. Ground cover can include kiekie and kauri grass (a native lily, bottom right).

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQA 6500 Col122

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Joanna Orwin, Kauri forest – Kauri forest ecology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10025/forest-interior (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009.