Kauri tree

Situated in the Waipoua Forest in Northland, Tāne Mahuta is the largest kauri tree in the world with a trunk over 13 metres in circumference! In 2018, a kauri tree just 60 metres away from Tāne Mahuta was infected with kauri dieback disease, giving scientists, local iwi and others a further sense of urgency in researching a solution to the disease.

When fully grown, the kauri tree has a massive columnar trunk topped by branches that spread like umbrella spokes, supporting a crown of leaves.

kauri tree

Photo about Tane Mahuta, or Lord of the forest. One of New Zealand s largest and oldest native Kauri trees in the Waipoua forest. Image of zealand, massive, hardwood - 5016140

Eighteenth-century European explorers took great interest in the new plants and animals they found. Some likened the kauri tree to the northern hemisphere cedar. This drawing of a kauri tree, with the female and male cones on either side, was made by an unknown artist and...

A kauri tree takes on different forms as it grows and matures. This diagram shows three of the most important stages, from adolescent to mature tree. While young (left), the kauri has a typical conifer form with a tapering trunk, spiralling whorls of short...

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Photo about Large lone kauri tree (conifer). Image of maori, clump, zealand - 1787794