Northland covered in kauri forests

Oldest living kauri trees in New Zealand

Arrival of Polynesians and coastal forest clearance

Arrival of early European explorers

Kauri timber traders and gum-diggers

Peak of kauri and gum industry

Widespread conversion to farmland

Protection of Waipoua forest and conservation movement

Kauri and community conservation initiatives continue

1-3% of kauri forest survives today (compared to 1820)