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1 Kauri
NZ coniferous evergreen tree. Extensively felled in the C19th for ship masts. It is found from Northland to Tauranga. Grows to 50m. -
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4 pūpūrangi
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Maori for Kauri gum -
7 monoao
Halocarpus kirkii formerly dacrydium kirkii<HALOCARPUS kirkii.jpg"><HALOCARPUS kirkii2.jpg"><MONOAO.JPG">This tree is found in lowland forests from the Coromandel Northwards. Grows to 25m. It is not unlike the Kauri. -
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dracophyllum latifolium (spiderwood)Tree grows to 7m. Has candelbra-like leaf clusters. Found from North taranaki north. A native grass tree found in forests and proliferates around kauri trees.<NEINEI.JPG"><NEINEINEI.JPG"> -
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The art of tattooing, autographPigment was obtained by burning kauri gum, heartwood of kahikatea and vegetable caterpillar. -
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This is the name of the largest Kauri in NZ. Found in Waipoua. -
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<TARAIRE.JPG"><TARAIRE_TAWA.JPG">A handsome spreading tree growing to 22m which naturally occurs mainly along stream sides or where the soil is good. It was the most common medium sized understory tree of our Kauri forests. Distinctive young leaves with velvety brown underside covering or tomentum. Flowers September - December. Fruits in May - July. The shiny dark elongated purple fruits are a favourite of the pigeon. The Maori people boiled these fruits in water to prepare for food. -
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A.k.a. The Munro Block. Area of kauri-beech forest near Clevedon (Auckland) recently protected.Also Maori for to replant -
13 Whangarei
(The waiting of Reipae)Major City in Northland. The area and harbour was used as a staging place for Maori war parties on their way south. Much of the early city, which was a trading post, was built on reclaimed swampland. Kauri timber and gum was the major trading industry, soon followed by coal mining, wheat and dairy farming, shipbuilding and brick making. William Carruth was the first settler in 1839 followed three years after by Gilbert Mair who began the shipbuilding industry, which was a major means of transport in those days.<WHANGLOGO.JPG">Whangarei logo
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Kauri — (del ingl. «kauri») adj. V. «copal kauri, pino kauri». * * * El kauri (Agathis australis) es una conífera endémica que crece en el norte de la Isla Norte de Nueva Zelanda y es la mayor especie de árbol de Nueva Zelanda, rivalizando en el diámetro … Enciclopedia Universal
kauri — ⇒KAURI, subst. masc. BOT. Grand conifère de la Nouvelle Zélande (Agathis ou Dammara australis) dont on utilise la résine pour la fabrication de certains vernis. Puis apparaissaient, confondus et entremêlés, les arbres des contrées si différentes… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Kauri — Kau ri, n. (a) Kauri resin. (b) By extension, any of various species of {Dammara}; as, the red kauri ({Dammara lanceolata}). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kauri — [kou′rē] n. [Maori] 1. a tall evergreen tree (Agathis australis) of the pine family, growing in New Zealand 2. its wood 3. a resin (kauri resin, kauri gum) from this tree, often found as a fossil, used in varnishes, adhesives, and linoleum … English World dictionary
Kauri — (engl. Cowry, Schlangenköpfchen, Otterköpfchen, Cypraea moneta L.). eine 1–2,5 cm große, gelblichweiße Porzellanschnecke (s. Abbildung), kommt in Menge bei den Maledivischen Inseln vor u. wird nach den Tropenländern von der asiatischen Ost bis… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
kauri — kàuri m DEFINICIJA zool. morski puž (Cypraea moneta) lijepo išarane kućice, ponegdje u Africi i Aziji služio kao novac, u Europi kao nakit; porculanski puž, kravica, zupka ETIMOLOGIJA engl. cowrie ← hind. kaurī … Hrvatski jezični portal
Kauri — Ka u*ri, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis australis}, or {Dammara australis}), having white straight grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of {dammar resin}. [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Kauri — Kauri, 1) mehre Arten von Porzellanschnecken, z.B. Cyprea erosa, C. helvola, C. annulus etc., die von den Indiern als Geld gebraucht werden; bes. aber C. moneta L., weiß, ungleich aufgetrieben; auf jeder Seite zwei Höcker; bes. häufig auf den… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Kauri — Kauri, s. Porzellanschnecken … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Kauri — Kauri, kleine Muscheln zu mehren Arten der Porzellanschnecke gehörig, in den ostind. Meeren einheimisch, werden in ungeheurer Menge gefischt, weil sie in Ostindien und bei den Negern des innern Afrika als Scheidemünze gelten … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
kauri — pietinis agatmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Araukarijinių šeimos medieninis, dekoratyvinis augalas (Agathis australis), paplitęs Naujojoje Zelandijoje. Iš jo gaunama derva. atitikmenys: lot. Agathis australis angl. cowrie spruce;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
