Kauri logs were dragged to a convenient stream bed with steep sides and a driving dam was constructed of wood with a lifting gate near the bottom large enough for the logs to pass through.

* After felled Kauri wood dries to a 12 per cent moisture content, the tangential contraction is 4. 1 per cent and the radial contraction is 2. 3 per cent.

It was the primary wood used to make waka ( canoes ) in traditional Maori boat building due to its relatively light weight ( about 25 % lighter than Kauri ), long straight lengths and natural oils in the wood which help prevent rotting.

The Echo was built in 1905 of Kauri in New Zealand.

The final straw for Heke was when Kauri felling was temporarily banned by the government.

Before World War I, the term " digger " was widely used in Australasia to mean a miner, and referring to a Kauri gum-digger in New Zealand.

on Harewood Road was enlarged twice before being rebuilt using Kauri timber in 1877 to the design of the notable architect Benjamin Mountfort.

Early European settlement of the area in the late 19th century was based around sawmilling ( predominantly Kauri ) and gold prospecting.

After Hall tamed the dunes, the Panhandle was ready to accept planting of hundreds of tree varietals, representing regions from all over the world, including such species as Bailey's Acacia, Japanese Yew, Black Walnut, Blackwood Acacia, Queensland Kauri, and Italian Alder.

A 14 km tramway was built between Anawhata and Whatipu to transport Kauri logs.

The original museum was a single space of 21. 3 m in length and 10. 6 m in width and contained a gallery which was supported by Kauri columns, much like the Victorian museums of the day.

The Queensland Kauri was heavily logged in the past, and spectacular trees of prodigious size are much rarer than in pre-European times ; despite this, the species as a whole is not endangered.

For example the stone was quarried locally from the Port Hills and hand chiseled into blocks using primitive tools, the heavy Kauri beams in the entrance hall were salvaged from a former bridge over the Hurunui River and the ceilings in the inner most dining room were painted on timber cut from packing cases.

Kauri seedlings still occur in areas with low light, of course, but mortality rates for such seedlings are much higher, and those that survive self-thinning and grow to sapling stage tend to be found in higher light environments.

Kauri requires a mean temperature of 17 ° C or more for most of the year.

Kauri relies on wind for pollination and seed dispersal, while many other natives have their seeds carried large distances by frugivores ( animals which eat fruit ) such as the kererū, a native pigeon.

Kauri trees must therefore remain alive long enough for a large disturbance to occur, allowing them sufficient light to regenerate.

Kauri is also a superb timber for building the hulls and decks of boats because of its resistance to rot.

The temperate coniferous rain forests sustain the highest levels of biomass in any terrestrial ecosystem and are notable for trees of massive proportions, including Coast Redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens ), Douglas-fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii ), Sitka Spruce ( Picea sitchensis ), Alerce ( Fitzroya cupressoides ) and Kauri ( Agathis australis ).

Heke blamed the British for the decline in the timber trade in which many Maori were employed, not realising that the Australian market had been saturated with Kauri from the north and this had driven down prices.

Kauri is a superb timber for building the hulls and decks of boats.

It is one of two extant Mitsubishi D < sup > SA </ sup > diesel-electric shunting locomotives, the other being D < sup > SA </ sup > 273, also formerly owned by Rail Base Systems, which is owned by the Northland Dairy Company for shunting in their factory at Kauri.

There are other wharves and ports within the harbour, notable among them the Devonport Naval Base, and its accompanying ammunition dump at Kauri Point, Birkenhead, and the Chelsea Sugar Refinery wharf, all capable of taking ships over.

His family owns three lodges: Kauri Cliffs Lodge near Kerikeri in Northland ; Matakauri Lodge Queenstown ; and The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, as well as several wineries.

* Tāne Mahuta, a famous Kauri tree.

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Kauri forests are among the most ancient in the world.

Kauri leaves are 3 to 7 cm long and 1 cm broad, tough and leathery in texture, with no midrib ; they are arranged in opposite pairs or whorls of three on the stem.

Kauri in planted forests were found to have up to 12 times the volume productivity than those in natural stands at the same age.

Kauri is naturally found north of 38 ° S latitude.

Kauri occupy the emergent layer of the forest, where they are exposed to the effects of the weather ; however, the smaller trees that dominate the main canopy are sheltered both by the emergent trees above and by each other.

Kauri biomass tends to decrease during such times, as more biomass becomes concentrated in angiosperm species like towai.

Kauri trees also tend to become more randomly distributed in age, with each tree dying at a different point in time, and regeneration gaps becoming rare and sporadic.

Kauri seeds may generally be taken from mature cones in late March.

Kauri is considered a first rate timber. The whiter sapwood is generally slightly lighter in weight.

Kauri is not highly resistant to rot and when used in boatbulding must be protected from the elements to avoid rot by paint, varnish or epoxy.

Very little New Zealand Kauri is now sold.

The most commonly available Kauri in New Zealand is Fiji Kauri which is very similar in appearance but lighter in weight.

Friar Marcos de Niza ( 1539 ) writing of the " Chichimecas ": that from time to time " they of this valley cast lots whose luck ( honour ) it shall be to be sacrificed, and they make him great cheer, on whom the lot falls, and with great joy they crown him with flowers upon a bed prepared in the said ditch all full of flowers and sweet herbs, on which they lay him along, and lay great store of dry wood on both sides of him, and set it on fire on either part, and so he dies " and " that the victim took great pleasure " in being sacrificed.

The devout and mournful atmosphere of this room is highlighted by Christ with a crown of thorns and the religious scene – a 16th-century painting on wood – which decorates the chimney.

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* The crown can bridge a piece and fasten it without puncturing with a leg on either side, e. g. fastening cable to wood framing.

The staff was made of wood or metal or both, topped with a crown.

The wood shaper is considered a larger version of a router table, with more power, and the ability to handle much larger cutters, such as those used for raised panels or crown moldings.

The Truckster features overdone wood paneling, eight headlights, four on each side in a rectangular cluster-taken from another Crown Victoria / Country Squire, but inverted -; a grille area largely covered by bodywork having only two small openings close to the bumper, similar to that of a 1982 Oldsmobile Toronado ; a separate oil cooler grille, but no oil cooler ; large chrome hubcaps with a huge crown logo ; and a badly-placed fuel filler access door in the front passenger-side fender.

: Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.

This yields veneer that looks like sawn pieces of wood, cut across the growth rings ; such veneer is referred to as " crown cut ".