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	Agathis australis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Agathis australis (Kauri) is a coniferous tree native to the northern North Island of New Zealand.
		Kauri are predominately found in the northern half of the North Island.
		In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries kauri gum (semi-fossilised kauri resin) was a valuable commodity, particularly for varnish, and was the focus of a considerable industry at the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kauri (297 words)

	TerraNature \| New Zealand Ecology - Kauri
		Kauri once covered 1.6 million hectares (4 million acres) in the northern half of the North Island, extending as far south as Raglan on the west coast, and just past Tauranga on the east coast.
		The trunk of a mature kauri is kept free of epiphytes by continual shedding of thick flakes of bark, which accumulate to form a large mound that eventually decays into a rich humus penetrated by the roots.
		The largest kauri was measured in 1850 at Mill Creek, Mercury Bay on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula.
	www.terranature.org /kauri.htm (866 words)

	Kauri Information
		The largest kauri in existence is Tane Mahuta (Maori for "Lord of the Forest").
		Kauri gum is a resin which bleeds from the tree.
		Kauri gum was collected from the ground by picking up the exposed pieces on the surface.
	www.kauri-museum.com /html/MoreInfo.html (760 words)

	Kauri.com Welcome to Kauri
		Kauri Investments, Ltd. was established in 1987 as a real estate investment and development company with the goal of providing quality affordable housing in the central neighborhoods of Seattle.
		The Kauri tree is native to the island country of New Zealand in the South Pacific.
		The kauri tree symbolizes shelter, growth, agelessness, strength and beauty; traits that we admire and respect.
	www.kauri.com (200 words)

	Kauri: Radical Feminist Wonder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kauri is a radical feminist Lesbian who enjoys talking about herself in the third person.
		Kauri does not know how to ride a bike, and gets irritable and grouchy when people act as if this is the most peculiar thing they have ever heard and offer to teach her.
		Kauri wishes everyone were as happy at their jobs as she is at hers.
	home.earthlink.net /~kauri/id1.html (203 words)

	Kauri Computing - Information Technology & Networking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kauri Computing was established in 1997 and is dedicated to delivering cost-effective, innovative information technology solutions for small, medium and large organisations.
		Kauri Computing has developed information technology methodologies and business practices that enable us to exist as a successful and favourable alternative to the copious number of so-called I.T. service providers currently within the marketplace that tend to sacrifice quality of service to their clients in order to attain their own objectives.
		Kauri Computing staff are hand-picked and a high standard of cross-training is constantly maintained within the Kauri team, providing an environment that complements both clients and employees alike.
	www.kauri.com.au (473 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Northland temperate kauri forests (AA0406)
		Today kauri forests are largely protected and coastal wetlands and peat bogs further contribute to the region’s biodiversity, harboring large populations of seabirds as well as threatened plants and birds.
		Kauri trees grow on a variety of substrates, from volcanic soils to sandstone, however, they tend to dominate on ridge tops and areas with infertile soils, giving way to broadleaf forests in the more fertile valleys (Burns and Leathwick 1996).
		Kauris podolize the soil, and shed bark, creating a layer of mor humus on the forest floor that can be up to three feet thick.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa0406_full.html (1934 words)

	Natural Wood Creations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Giant Kauri Tree is the most famous New Zealand native timber and one of the largest trees found anywhere in the world.
		Growing Kauri trees have been found as old as 4000 years with heights of up to 150 feet and girth of 60 feet.
		Thousands of years ago a huge natural disaster caused many kauri trees to be flattened and the trees to be buried in swamps.
	www.kauri.net (146 words)

	Mighty Kauri Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sailors quickly realised the trunks of young kauri were ideal for ships' masts and spars and settlers who followed discovered the mature trees yielded sawn timber of unsurpassed quality for building.
		Kauri forests are home to many other trees and plants including large trees like taraire, kohekohe, towai and rata, with diverse understory and shrub layers beneath the canopy.
		Kauri driving dams were built by loggers to drive large quantities of kauri logs downstream from remote areas.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/001~Plants-and-Animals/002~Native-Plants/Kauri.asp (598 words)

	The Coromandel New Zealand - Kauri Trees
		Kauri are among the world's mightiest trees, growing to more than 50 metres tall, with trunk girths of up to 16 metres.
		Sailors found the trunks of young kauri were ideal for ships' masts and spars and settlers who followed discovered the mature trees yielded sawn timber of unsurpassed quality for building.
		The sixth largest kauri in the country, Tanenui, is growing at Manaia on the Peninsula.
	www.thecoromandel.com /kauri.html (420 words)

	KAURI PINE - LoveToKnow Article on KAURI PINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The timber is remarkable for its strength, durability and the ease with which it is worked.
		The resin, kauri- gum, is an amber-like deposit dug in large quantities from the sites of previous forests, in lumps generally varying in size from that of a hen's egg to that of a man's head.
		The color is of a rich brown or amber yellow, or it may be almost colorless and translucent.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KAURI_PINE.htm (1069 words)

	DOC: Northland Tracks and Walks: Waipoua and Trounson Kauri Forests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kauri seedlings need plenty of light so kauri trees usually begin life growing amid manuka shrubland in forest clearings formed by windfall or fire.
		Tall adolescent kauri have narrow pole trunks but as trees mature, the trunk thickens and the lower branches are shed, giving form to the clean straight trunk of the adult tree.
		Underneath mature kauri, tall dense stands of kauri grass and gahnia and are prevalent.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Explore/002~Tracks-and-Walks/By-Region/001~Northland/Waipoua-and-Trounson-Kauri-Forests.asp (389 words)

	Kauri trees, Waipoua Forest, in 3D.
		A ricker is a young Kauri tree which has a conical shape and grows tall, with branches all the way up its trunk.
		The mature Kauri has no branches on the trunk, which is straight and massive.
		In the Cathedral Grove, the crowns of numerous Kauri trees make a canopy, which is like the roof of a cathedral, supported by the column-like trunks.
	members.tripod.com /NZphoto/sterea/kauri.htm (177 words)

	Ancient Kauri Trees
		Kauri trees come from the Agathis Australis family and have cousins in the Australian Karri and the Fijian Kauri.
		Kauri was used by Maori to fashion war canoes, and by the British Navy for masts and spars.
		Kauri, the native timber used to create furniture, has been prized for 200 years by carpenters, cabinetmakers and boat-builders for its consistent high-quality density and grain.
	www.800oakwilt.com /specialtrees/kauritrees.html (872 words)

	Kauri 2000 Home
		Kauri 2000 is your chance to help recreate one of New Zealand's major natural assets - the kauri forests of the Coromandel Peninsula.
		The kauri (Agathis australis) holds a special place in the Peninsula's history.
		Kauri 2000 evolved out of a project to mark the start of the new millennium in a tangible, enduring way that would continue long after the fireworks burnt out.
	www.kauri2000.co.nz (271 words)

	deseretnews.com \| School named for Kauri Sue
		The 36-year-old Hamilton is believed to be the first living person with a disability — she has Down syndrome — to have a school named after her in the district and maybe even statewide.
		The Kauri Sue Hamilton School will be built upon her parents' gift to the district: an unprecedented 10.5-acre parcel, valued at nearly $1 million, from Sharon and Cletus Hamilton of Riverton.
		Kauri Sue now lives in a group home in Utah County — "She calls it her 'college,' " her mother said — and works at a sheltered workshop for people with disabilities, doing laundry contract work.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595107701,00.html (650 words)

	Warmwood Creations by Robin Solomon - Kauri Craftsman. Home Page
		As a gift for yourself, or a gift for a special person, a choice of one of these individually hand turned pens or bowls, vases or clocks, will be a source of conversation, and pride for years and years to come.
		His father was a Kauri Bushman, so it is little wonder that Robin came to also love the Native Bush, as much as the river and sea shore.
		The only Kauri timber available today is the old remains of early millings, stumps that were left behind by Bushmen of those times, and the mighty trees that had been buried alive hundreds of years ago, by the "Natural Catastrophes" that made New Zealand what it is now.
	www.warmwood.craftplaza.co.nz (409 words)

	Restoration of Native Kauri Forest
		Kauri forest is subtropical or warm-temperate rainforest, and like all rainforests supports a very diverse flora and fauna, some of which are pictured in our Images section.
		Kauri was so heavily exploited in 19th and early 20th century that only 1% of the original old-growth kauri forest survives today.
		For kauri to survive in the long term, it needs large areas across varied landscapes, so we must restore its fragmented boundaries, connect it to the coast and protect it from introduced pests.
	www.waipoua.org.nz /kauri.htm (783 words)

	The Making of Kauri Guitars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Kauri tree is the oldest and tallest tree in New Zealand and can be up to 20 mt in diameter and a height of over 50 mt. It can grow to be over 3000 years old and is a protected species.
		Kauri of all ages and sizes were swept from the forest hillsides ending up in the lowland swamps, eventually to be covered by river silt and subsequent landslides to remain in a state of preservation.
		All Kauri guitars are made by Jaap Tediek and Joh Lang (Langcaster) and made to the high standards on which Jaap has build his reputation as one on New Zealands finest wood carvers with Kauri swamp wood.
	www.guitar.net.nz /making-guitars.html (483 words)

	Purplesapphire.com - Incense, Your Accessories, Kauri Incense Holder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Kauri agathis australis is a native tree that grows in the northern third of the North Island of New Zealand.
		A very definite "identifier" of kauri and particularly Swamp Kauri is the sheen effect on the surface of the wood, which is rather like the hologram on a credit card logo.
		This is unique to Kauri and is caused by layers of solid resin in the wood.
	www.purplesapphire.com /products/178 (405 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Northland temperate kauri forests (AA0406) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While few areas with continuous kauri canopy remain, the trees are so striking and impressive that any area with kauri trees is usually referred to as kauri forest.
		Kauri trees can live 2,000 years and have been heavily exploited by the timber industry over the past 200 years.
		Other interesting birds that live in kauri forest include kiwis, red-crowned parakeets, and two endemic species of parrot, the kaka and the kakapo.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa0406.html (696 words)

	The ancinet kauri story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The prehistoric Kauri forests that grew 50,000 years ago are preserved under the surface of the North Island of New Zealand.
		Buried under a peat swamp by an unexplained act of nature at the end of the last Ice Age, the trees have survived the centuries in an underground resting place, sealed in a chemically balanced environment that has preserved the timber in perfect condition.
		Because there is a finite amount of Ancient Kauri available, you will want to take advantage of having the privileged opportunity to use and enjoy this distinctive and extremely rare wood.
	www.ancientwood.com /kauri_story.htm (403 words)

	Muriwai Beach & Kauri Coast - January 20, 2000.
		The Kauri Coast is so-called because of the Kauri timber and gum industry that brought much wealth to the area in the 19th century.
		To get a better insight in the kauri industry and its impact on the local communities, we visit the Pioneer and Kauri Museum in Matakohe.
		Proclaimed a sanctuary in 1952 all milling of kauri trees is prohibited except for very exceptional circumstances (e.g.
	www.xs4all.nl /~widr/nz/nz_0120.htm (624 words)

	NATUREANDCO.COM - Visit Waipoua Forest - Northland - New Zealand
		It is famous for having the two largest living kauris (Tane Mahuta and Te Matua Ngahere), which are easily accessible.
		One of the largest living kauris (7th), and the largest in the Cathedral Grove.
		This is the historic coach road built at the beginning of the 20th century to join Dargaville to the Hokianga Harbour.
	www.natureandco.com /land_and_wildlife/regions/northland/for-park/visit-waip.php3 (579 words)

	Parry Kauri Park
		The brochures describe and identify the native trees and shrubs to be found in the Parry Kauri Park.
		In the early years of European settlement Parry Kauri Park was part of the property owned by the Rev McKinney, the first minister of the Presbyterian Church in Warkworth and the Mahurangi.
		Inside the museum are displays of the kauri digging implements, photographs of gum-digging, giant pieces of kauri gum, saws, native timber, bushman's hut and other items connected with the Gum Digging Days.
	www.wwmuseum.orcon.net.nz /parry_kauri_park.html (244 words)

	Kauri Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The massive kauri forests are all but gone now; however, the Waipoua Kauri Forest has untouched kauri forest and is the best place in NZ to see these magnificent trees.
		A prior visit to Matakohe and the Kauri Museum is worthwile for an understanding of kauri and the kauri industry.
		This impressive kauri tree is about 2000 years old, 51.5 meters long and has a diameter of approx.
	www.ploschke.de /reiseberichte/kauri_forest.htm (176 words)

	Rimu-Kauri Area Archives - Swift Energy's New Zealand Operations
		The recently drilled Kauri-E4 well encountered both the Kauri and Tariki sands and was perforated in a 15-foot section of the Tariki sandstone, at approximately 9,900 feet true vertical depth.
		Swift Energy New Zealand Ltd., as operator, holds a 100% interest in the exploration and mining permits where the Rimu, Kauri and Manutahi discoveries are located, which cover approximately 49,780 net acres extending both onshore and offshore on the western coast of the northern island of New Zealand.
		The overall Kauri Sand interval was found at a vertical depth of 7,879 feet with a gross thickness of 1,056 feet.
	www.swiftenergy.com /SFY/Menus/Operations/NZ-Operations/Rimu-Kauri-Archives.htm (6653 words)

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