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Title: The Kauri Museum, Matakohe, Northland, New Zealand - 1 min 3 secs
Added: Apr 27, 2010
Author: actionadventurevideo
Duration: 1:3
Description:
The Award Winning Kauri Museum at Matakohe is one of New Zealands foremost theme museums, located just 90 minutes north of Auckland, off State Highway12 and en-route to the ancient Kauri trees of the Waipoua Forest.The Kauri Museum tells the stories of the pioneering settlers through the theme of this mighty Kauri Tree..the second largest tree in the worldhow it shaped the lives of these pioneers through its superb timber and its highly sought after resin or gumThe many galleries of the museum show the trees themselves, to the timber they produced, and the buildings, furniture and crafts they inspired.The displays focus on the makeshift settlements around logging camps, the gumfields and the lives of merchants who were among the few you could afford to buy the fine kauri furniture or beautifully carved gumIt also records the Museums wonderful collection of arts and crafts devised from the gum of the trees, and houses the largest collection of kauri gum in the world. Displays include a huge 22-metre slab of kauri, a replica of a working sawmillrestored operational machinery a completely furnished 1900s kauri boarding house.. panels of New Zealand native trees and magnificent early New Zealand furniture. A pioneer church, school and post office are part of the complex along with vast collections of original photographs and pioneering memorabilia
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Tags: new zealand north island northland kaipara district matakohe kauri museum pioneers early settlers waipoua forest kauri gum tane mahuta gordon coates kauri timber kauri colonial furniture caterpillar 60 tractor yakushima yakusugi
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Youtube Comments: 31
abobjenkins Says:
Dec 25, 2011 - is the spider dead?
TheRetiredtrucker Says:
Dec 25, 2011 - dont think of it as dead..... just long sleep
zaphodtrillian Says:
Dec 28, 2011 - BETWEEN WHITE DESTROYERS AND NATIVE DESTROYERS N.Z fauna and flora dead
xzi64bit Says:
Jan 7, 2012 - This museum + lighter = love :D
J1I9M7M4Y Says:
Jan 12, 2012 - Nooo.. It´s just taking a nap.. :)
DrJowenz Says:
Jan 26, 2012 - they were referring to the species, not the invididual trees.
benny1473 Says:
Jan 29, 2012 - i would love to go there,,
TheBgbrush Says:
Jan 29, 2012 - lol thats what she said
hitachi088 Says:
Jan 30, 2012 - yes.
abobjenkins Says:
Jan 30, 2012 - ok. :)
chiwing1993 Says:
Jan 30, 2012 - life 4 dead 0:32
KESYL1 Says:
Jan 31, 2012 - ciekawe miejsce.
viatus Says:
Feb 2, 2012 - hey we were awesome and cut them all down... :,[
Mr13born79 Says:
Feb 12, 2012 - he said "wood"
TheRaginTiger Says:
Feb 21, 2012 - replace love with FUN
2002webkinzgirl Says:
Mar 18, 2012 - My name is kauri I'm so cool now go me !
2002webkinzgirl Says:
Mar 20, 2012 - Im weird
2002webkinzgirl Says:
Mar 20, 2012 - I'm weird
pipelasercutting Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - cool !very interesting
wrightconnection Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - I wonder what kind of conservation practices they have?
Skinz28thMaori Says:
Apr 20, 2012 - no thanks to your insatiable colonial greed'!! there are now' no more gigantic Kauri trees?
gredangeo Says:
Apr 21, 2012 - that's what she said.
Damowhite123 Says:
May 18, 2012 - I was brought here by a giant log.
captainTubes Says:
May 20, 2012 - huhuh huhuh
toilfoil1234 Says:
Dec 21, 2011 - lolololololololololol that spider got stuck forever