Some of these rickers will reach maturity. Kauri are the longest lived, largest native tree in New Zealand, reaching heights of over 30 metres. Te Marua Ngahere, the 'Father of the Forest' at Waipoura, is an estimated 2000 years old.
Kauri trees are monoccious, which means they bear seperate male and female cones on the same tree. The fertillised female cones ripen and release winged seed which are dispersed by the wind.
Maori used kauri gum (resin, sap) gathered from the surface of the soil for fuel, and for carrying alight as a torch."
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