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From 1855, a small town developed, driven by thekaurigum trade.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although many of the region'skauriforests were felled during the 19th century, some areas still exist where this rare giant grows tall.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the complete absence of disturbance,kauritends to become rare as it is excluded by its competitors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By 1900, less than 10 per cent of the originalkaurisurvived.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kauriforests are among the most ancient in the world.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kauriin planted forests were found to have up to 12 times the volume productivity than those in natural stands at the same age.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The area was a centre ofkaurigum extraction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The long, straight hardwood from thekauriwas ideal for ship masts and spars.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A trademark of swampkauriis deep, shimmering streaks of iridescence, called white bait, found in some of the wilder grain patterns.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Like amber,kaurigum sometimes includes insects and plant material.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gum-diggers worked in the oldkaurifields, most of which were then covered by swamp or scrub, digging for the gum.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The firstkaurigum was exported in 1844.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is also home to thekauriand tamanu trees.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kaurilogs were sent down the river to be milled in the mid-1860s.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ships, initially sailing ships and later steamers, loaded thekauritimber and transported it to markets elsewhere.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Amber has often been imitated by other resins like copal andkaurigum, as well as by celluloid and even glass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Despite being logged thekauripines dominate in some areas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Much of thekauriforest has been cleared for timber and the land converted to agriculture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The structure itself is mainly ofkauriand heart totara, lying on concrete foundations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kaurigum formed when resin from akauritrees leaked out through fractures or cracks in the bark, hardening with the exposure to air.
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