Plant
Kauri
Agathis australis
Also known as: Agathis australis
A giant emergent conifer endemic to the northern North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand — one of the largest and longest-lived tree species in the world, with mature individuals reaching 50m in height, 16m in girth, and well over 1,000 years in age. Cultural keystone for Māori and the visual icon of Auckland-Northland forest. Currently in slow-motion ecological crisis from kauri dieback (Phytophthora agathidicida), a soil-borne pathogen that has driven the species onto the IUCN threatened list.
Scientific
Agathis australis is a member of the southern-hemisphere conifer family Araucariaceae. Mature kauri reach 30–50 m, with massive clean trunks supporting a crown of glossy leathery leaves. Cones are small spherical structures borne on female trees. Growth is slow but indefinite — individual trees over 2,000 years old are documented.
The species’ ecological signature is the kauri “ricker” — a dense column of bare trunk lifting the canopy clear of competitors — and the leaf-and-bark litter beneath, which acidifies and modifies [[soil|the soil]] for the surrounding forest plant community.
Cultural
Kauri is a taonga (treasure) of immense significance in te ao Māori. Traditional uses included waka (canoe) construction, building, carving, and gum harvesting. Specific named individual trees — Tāne Mahuta, Te Matua Ngahere — are held in particular reverence.
Kauri dieback
Phytophthora agathidicida, a soil-borne water mould first identified in the 2000s, is killing kauri across their range. Spread is primarily by soil movement on footwear, vehicle tyres, and roots. There is no cure. Every responsible kauri-handling operation — including [[signature-plants]] — works under strict aseptic protocols to avoid contributing to the spread.
See also
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- Member of: [[plants]]
- Contained by: [[tamaki-makaurau]]
- Grown by: [[kauri-park-nurseries]] · [[signature-plants]]
Sources
- DOC kauri species pages
- [[tamaki-makaurau|Auckland]] Council kauri dieback guidance
A plant entry in the 0mn1.one [[directory]].
Grown by
All listings →Farms and nurseries in the 0mn1.one directory that grow kauri. Each is a real working operation — visit, buy from, learn from.
Kauri Park Nurseries
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New Zealand's largest wholesale native and urban-landscaping nursery, based on State Highway One at Kaiwaka, North Auckland (with a Palmerston North branch). A NZ-owned family business operating as a vertically integrated group — seed sourcing through site planting and maintenance — supplying civil contractors, forestry owners, government agencies, councils, developers, and landscape architects. Notable projects include supplying 2.5 million plants for the Transmission Gully motorway.
Signature Plants
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A wholesale contract-growing native nursery in Oratia, Waitākere City, Auckland, operating for over 20 years. 70%+ native stock across ~100 species; eco-sources seed from within the greater Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) area; follows strict aseptic-handling protocols for kauri dieback prevention. Supplies landscapers, ecological restoration projects, wetland recreation projects, and developers.
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Scientific
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- Kauri Park Nurseries stocks Agathis australis seedlings under strict biosecurity protocols
- Signature Plants Agathis australis propagated under aseptic kauri-dieback protocols
Cultural
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- Monkey puzzle tree auto-linked from body mention
General
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- Cedar of Lebanon auto-linked via shared tag: conifer
- Tāmaki Makaurau auto-linked from body mention
- Venus flytrap auto-linked via shared tag: endemic
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