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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)

	gum - definition by dict.die.net
		Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants Butea frondosa and B.
		Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
		Gum tree, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The fl gum (Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum.
	dict.die.net /gum (537 words)

	Kauri Agathis Australis Introduction
		Kauri is certainly the most famous of the New Zealand native trees and one of the largest trees found anywhere in the world.
		The spreading crown of the kauri is of course relative to the trunk and is immense.
		Kauri gum is formed by the hardening of resin exuding from injuries to the bark, broken branches, cones and bruised leaves.
	www.hominf.org /kaur/kaurintr.htm (5343 words)

	Kauri Information
		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.
		Kauri gum was used by the Maori people for cooking and lighting because it burns very easily.
	www.kauri-museum.com /html/MoreInfo.html (760 words)

	Gum Diggers of NZ. The first diggers?
		Known as kauri gum this form of ancient resin has been known about and used by the ancient and aboriginal people of New Zealand for thousands of years.
		Several reports are given of the native Maori using the gum as a form of chewing gum and members of particular groups or clans would pass pieces round and carefully save and retain prized pieces for later consumption and chewing.
		Not all gum was collected from trees and the diggers foraged with spears and hurdy gurdy (a cross between a small washing machine and a sifter).
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-reference/gumdiggers.htm (1028 words)

	Kauri Gum Kauri Copal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kauri Gum is the fossilised resin or sap of the Kauri Tree.
		Kauri sap (Gum) oozes from the tree when it is damaged to seal the wound and prevent infection.
		This is why the gum diggers would target their excavations around the base and crown of the trees.
	www.gumdiggerspark.co.nz /kauri_copal.htm (405 words)

	Champion Trees
		Kauri gum accumulates in the crown and roots.
		Bleeding gum from living trees was widely practiced, and caused considerable damage to trees, often resulting in their death.
		Fossil kauri gum produced by long-vanished trees was buried in the ground to harden over centuries.
	www.championtrees.org /champions/identify/kauri.htm (714 words)

	GUMFIELDS
		The first kauri gum to be exported was part of the cargo taken back to Australia and England by two early expeditions to the Bay of Islands in 1814 and 1815.
		The increasing number of diggers resulted in rapid growth of kauri gum exports from 1000 tons in 1860 to 5000 tons in 1870 and a peak of over 10,000 tons, worth £600, 000, in 1900.
		Kauri gum nuggets that could be located with a spear had become scarce and the traditional gumdigger virtually disappeared, to be replaced by organised groups of diggers using machinery to recover the vast amounts of chip gum that remained.
	www.ahipara.co.nz /Gumfields/info/kaurigum.htm (1246 words)

	WAGENERS DOWN UNDER:Kauri and Kauri Gum
		The Kauri (Family: Araucariaceae Genus Agathis) is a member of a small family of trees found in northernmost New Zealand (Agathis australis), Queensland (Agathis palmerstonii and Agathis robusta) and in parts of Indonesia.
		As with all the Agathis family, the kauri tree produced large amounts of resin whenever the tree was damaged in any way, the clear exudations dripping down the massive trunks, and down from the wind-damaged branches to lodge in the cavity formed at the crown of the standing tree.
		No kauri gum is deliberately dug for nowadays, modern chemistry has provided much more cost effective alternatives, and in any case most of the once sodden swampland is gone, replaced by green farmland pasture or horticultural blocks.
	www.myrasplace.net /myra/kauri2.htm (2252 words)

	kauri
		The kauri gum bleeding from this tree is the result of a wound.
		Kauri gum was once highly valued for the manufacture of varnishes and linoleum.
		Gum was also dug from fossilized deposits in many parts of Northland, and for a time this was an important industry.
	www.waymarker.co.uk /ml/nz/kauri.htm (685 words)

	Kauri Tree Information
		Kauri (pronounced "kah-oo-ree") is a type of pine tree belonging to one of the most ancient families of trees.
		Kauri gum is a resin which bleeds from the Kauri tree when a branch is broken off or a cut is made in the bark.
		The Maori used Kauri gum as a chewing gum and for lighting fires, and it was also used as a tattoo pigment.
	www.shopenzed.com /content.asp?PageID=14693 (515 words)

	New Zealand Kauri
		The tall adolescent Kauri have narrow pole trunks, but as they mature the trunk thickens and the lower branches are all shed giving the very clean straight trunk of the adult tree which made their wood so desirable.
		First was the Trounson Kauri Park which is the first of the DOC "Mainland Islands" which seek to undo some of the damage done to the native flora and fauna by creating a secure environment by intensive management, in particular the reduction of the impact of pests.
		We then went into the Trounson Kauri Park which is the first of the DOC "Mainland Islands" which seek to undo some of the damage done to the native flora and fauna by creating a secure environment by intensive management, in particular the reduction of the impact of pests.
	www.uniquelynz.com /nzkauri.htm (5927 words)

	TANAHAKA - www.tanahaka.de Flora
		The kauri, known to science as Agathis australis, is the king of the North Island forests.
		The kauri is a conifer, and thus related to the common pine trees in other perts of the world, but it has unusual long, broad and thick leves, sometimes tinged red.
		The kauri gum varnish industry collapsed in 1925 when synthtic varnishes became widely available, although gum-digging continued on a small scale into the 1960s, when gum was worth about $400 per ton.
	www.tanahaka.de /nz_3a.htm (1124 words)

	Mighty Kauri Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gum was obtained through digging, fossicking in treetops, or, more drastically, by bleeding live trees.
		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)

	Hardie Family History -
		Kauri gum was used in making varnishes and paints, linoleum, and perfumes, among other things.
		The Maoris were the first gatherers, then would-be farmers who used the gum as a cash crop to improve their farms, and as a means to supplement the scant incomes in the early days.
		Using gum rods up to 20 feet long, the diggers would probe the swamp and then either dig or use gum hooks to bring the gum deposits bag to the surface.
	users.bigpond.net.au /hardiehistory/PlaceHistory/newzealand/matakohe.htm (987 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.
	57.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KAURI_PINE.htm (1069 words)

	Touring New Zealand 2005 - part 2
		First of all one should say something about Kauri Gum as I find that we have written a lot about the Kauri in the past but little about the gum which was almost as important an export as the wood and went on for longer.
		The major area for gum digging was Northland and from 1870 to 1920 gum digging was the major source of income in Northland and many farmers turned to gum digging either full time, or to augment their income in the off season.
		The Kauri Gumdiggers Park has a number of Kauri forests of different ages and the evidence is that the changes which led to their burying and preservation in acidic peat bogs were cataclysmic - for example most of the trees had been knocked down and lie in the same direction.
	www.uniquelynz.com /nz05-p2.htm (3846 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.
		Kauri gum (New Zealand amber) is exuded by mature trees.
	www.waipoua.org.nz /kauri.htm (783 words)

	The history and uses of Kauri trees
		Kauri trees come from the Agathis Australis family and have cousins in the Australian Karri and the Fijian Kauri.
		The volume of milled kauri has become harder to find, so craftsmen are turning to the supply of swamp kauri for their treasures.
		Kauri gleams in an array of hues from rich dark brown to green, and has been crafted in some wonderful forms.
	nv.essortment.com /kauritrees_pjf.htm (755 words)

	Kauri Gum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kauri gum was retrieved by "gum diggers" back over a hundred years ago and was shipped by sailing ships to England (Appely Bridge, Wigan) and other parts of the world and processed in to a varnish or polish.
		The gum we find today down in the swamplands is more milky in color due to the moisture in the swamp.
		Some call it "amber" but our kauri gum is still a resin and hasn't gone to the amber stage - needs to be millions of years old and in the right conditions..
	thewoodturnersstudio.co.nz /pages/KauriGum.htm (429 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This unique eco adventure begins on land that once was a Kauri forest - land still worked by a family whose pioneering forebears carved a livelihood from the kauri, one of the largest trees found anywhere in the world.
		You'll put on a pair of gum boots and dig in the earth with a kauri spear for fossilised kauri gum - the amber nuggets of resin shed by the trees and a great souvenir to take home.
		Kauri Country is a hands-on-eco-experience, that brings alive a fascinating past.
	freespace.virgin.net /langley.cottage/tour.htm (350 words)

	The Story of the Kauri, by Robin Solomon and Warm Wood Creations
		Kauri is the most famous of New Zealand native trees and one of the largest trees found anywhere in the world.
		Kauri timber is light and very durable, straight grained, free from knots and other defects, yellow brown in colour and easily worked.
		As well as the timber, Kauri Gum was greatly prized as an ingredient for the manufacture of high quality paints and varnishes.
	www.warmwood.craftplaza.co.nz /kauri.htm (426 words)

	KAURI GUM - KAURI GUM - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		Kauri gum is formed when resin exudes from a crack in the bark of the kauri (Agathis australis) and hardens on exposure to air.
		The discovery of two or three layers of gum in the gum-fields of the north indicates that a succession of kauri forests had flourished and disappeared centuries ago, each leaving its quota of gum buried at different depths.
		Captain Cook in 1769 must have seen kauri gum on the beach at Mercury Bay, although he wrote in his Journal that the resinous substance he found there came from the mangrove trees.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/K/KauriGum/KauriGum/en (334 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)

	Cam & Em's New Zealand Holiday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The gum forms in large lumps on the side of the tree and eventually falls to the ground as the tree sheds its outer bark (which it does continually).
		Dargaville is the major town in the Kauri Coast area and was, in its prime, an important river port for the Kauri trade.
		Much of the walk is along a raised wooden walkway since the kauri feeder roots are very close to the surface and they believe that some kauri trees have been damaged and even killed by tourists walking around the base.
	camnem.com /nz2001/j04.html (1488 words)

	Bone Art Place - Maori
		Amber, or Kauri gum as it is known locally is a resin which bleeds from the mighty Kauri tree (Agathis Australias) to seal a wound when a branch is damaged or broken.
		At the same time the Kauri itself was being felled and milled in vast quantities for its huge logs (often weighing hundreds of tons each) and the quality of its richly coloured and easily work timber.
		Many young Kauri are now being planted around the country but they are very slow growing taking around 2000 years to reach full size and the Amber they produce requires many hundreds if not thousands of years to form.
	boneart.co.nz /kauri/history.htm (406 words)

	gum
		{Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}.
		{Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo.
		{Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni["a]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa.
	www.beetfoundation.com /words/g/gum.html (685 words)

	Information panels in the lookout tower
		Kauri ancestors were dominant 225 million years ago.
		Regeneration of kauri forest occurs in gaps in the forest.
		Areas of pasture were once kauri forest that have been logged and burnt.
	www.wholeo.net /Lookout/panel.html (1266 words)

	Kauri, Aghatis Australis, Araucariaceae
		Photo: Piece of Kauri Gum that was one of the biggest exports in the past.
		Kauri leaves which are 1000 % longer than the fully grown Kauri in New Zealand.
		The demand for building timber increased with the level of immigration and the gum trade was encouraged by a rise in prices from 1865.
	www.wairereboulders.co.nz /plants/kauri/kauri.htm (313 words)

	NZ_Botanic_&_Materia_Medica2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The great Kauri forests of old were decimated almost to the point of extinction.
		It is a resinous exudation from the Kauri Spruce, Agathis australis Salisb.
		The resin appears in pieces ranging in size from that of a hen's egg to a man's head, of a pale greenish- yellow color and with a balsamic odor.
	www.herbdatanz.com /nz_botanic2.htm (824 words)

	Ancient Kauri Trees
		The magnificent, tall, straight, knot-free kauri was one of the great inducements for settlement of these far-flung islands in the Pacific.
		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)

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