Archive for July, 2008
Taranui, Kauri, High as the Sky
Taranui, High as the Sky. Waipou Forest, Fell of old age. Hollow. Diameter 15.21-15.24m. Trunk height to first branch: 14.02 -16.76 (Kauri Gumdiggers). Total height: 40.54m. Volume 286.5m3
Yakas, Waipou Forest. Diameter: 12.29m. Trunk height to first branch: 12.04 – 15.84 (Kauri Museum)/ About 1000 years old.
Peter at Kauri Museum, Matakohe said millers bought 300acre blocks [...]
The young folk will say there weren’t Kauris
On display at Kauri Museum, Matakohe, 16/7/2008 I found this beautiful sentiment and wisdom by Koroheke.
“There’s a lot of old stumps by the roadside,
One of them twelve feet through.
I remember the day we felled that tree,
With four of an expert crew.
There was Ngati and King and Heta,
All Maoris from Puketi,
We’d all spent our lives in [...]
