The kauri, Agathis australis, is a conifer that belongs to an ancient lineage. Its close ancestors evolved during the Jurassic Period, some 135 million to 190 million years ago.

A SMALL pamphlet, Leaflet No. 26, on “The Properties and Uses of Kauri”, Agathis australis, by A. R. Entrican, has been issued (Government Printer, Wellington, N.Z., 1935). This timber is one ...

In a rain forest near Auckland, New Zealand, a leafless kauri tree stump rises a few feet off the ground.These trees can become giants: The country’s biggest, Tāne Mahuta, or the “Lord of the ...

The Tarkine Forest is both Australia's largest temperate rainforest and the second-largest in the world. It was home to the Tarkiner people (Tasmania's Aboriginal group) for 40,000 years.