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Kauri Dayout THE KAURI STORY Dargaville Museum The “kauri coast” of Northland – the western coast of the peninsula - is a region of productive dairy and cropping This interesting local museum offers fascinating glimpses of the farms and forestry, with the town of Dargaville as its focal kauri coast’s diverse past - nautical, Maori and pioneer exhibits, point. The town lies on the Wairoa River and was an including an operational kauri gum chip washing plant. The important port in the 19th century for the shipping of kauri Maori exhibits include a pre-European hand-adzed canoe, the gum and timber. only one of its size on display anywhere in New Zealand. Nowadays, as well as serving the farming community, it The museum lies in Harding Park, a short drive from the town offers attractions for the visitor, including jet-boating and centre. It has magnificent views over Toka Toka, Maungaraho parasailing, fishing, a couple of peaks (180 metres and 221 and the historic Northern Wairoa River. metres) for climbers, and a museum. Kauri timber products are sold at a number of local galleries. Thirteen kilometres Admission charges apply to the west of the town is a popular holiday spot, Baylys Beach, part of an 85-km stretch of coastline open to the sometimes turbulent Tasman Sea. Waipoua Forest Dargaville is about 2.5 hours’ drive from Auckland, on Dargaville is the southern gateway to Northland’s famous Waipoua the way to Kai Iwi Lakes, Trounson Park and the Waipoua kauri forest, comprising about 2500 hectares of huge kauri trees, forest. some more than 1000 years old. Tallest and best-known is Tane Mahuta – “lord of the forest” – which towers more than 51 metres and has a girth approaching 14 metres. Another kauri known as From Auckland, drive north on State Highway 1 for Te Matua Ngahere – Father of the Forest – is even older, perhaps approximately 117 km to Brynderwyn; turnoff left into as much as 2000 years and boasts a girth exceeding 16 metres. State Highway 12 and drive 26 km to Matakohe (site of Kauri Museum). From Matakohe continue on State The main road from Dargaville to the Hokianga traverses the Highway 12 approximately 46 km to Dargaville. forest and gives the traveller access to fine views of these majestic trees. From Dargaville, drive north on State Highway 12 approximately 50 km to the southern boundary of the Waipoua forest. Drive through the forest to reach Omapere and then Opononi. Total distance from Dargaville to Opononi is approximately 90 km. 1 Kauri Museum, Matakohe A shop stocks an extensive range of kauri products. Open daily except Christmas Day. The Kauri Museum is located in Matakohe, about 1.5hrs north of Auckland. It is on the route to the giant kauri trees Admission charges apply in the Waipoua forest but travellers can be assured that it constitutes a destination in its own right. E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.kauri-museum.com The museum is a “surprise package” in an otherwise conventional Northland countryside, a complex of buildings filled with outstanding displays that show the lives and tell the stories of pioneer settlers to this region through their use of kauri timber and gum. The kauri, Agathis australis, is New Zealand’s largest tree and grows to a huge size. It was in great demand both at home and abroad for houses, furniture and ships. The trees also bled gum that was subsequently dug from the land and exported to make varnish, linoleum and other products. The museum has lifelike displays showing the collection of these products. Kauri forest has a characteristic dense luxuriant undergrowth with understoreys of small trees, shrubs, ferns, mosses, lichens, epiphytes and lianes. Associated podocarps are rimu, miro, totara, toatoa and tanekaha. Associated hardwoods are tawa and taraire. Ancestors of the kauri first appeared in the Jurassic Period 190-135 million years ago. The kauri forests of Northland are among the most ancient in the world. The largest kauri in existence is Tane Mahuta (“lord of the forest”) in the Waipoua forest. It is 4.4 metres in diameter and its first branch is 17.7 metres above the ground. The museum has displays showing even larger trees which were growing in the past. 2.
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