Kauri - New Zealand’s Majestic Giants

Many people on this side of the world with perhaps only a passing interest in trees will be aware of the huge redwood trees found in California, the tallest trees found anywhere. Less well known is that in New Zealand there are magnificent trees not as tall, but massive in their girth. These are the Kauri pine (Agathis australis) which fossil records indicate date back to the Jurassic period.