Valuable timber from ancient kauri trees recovered from swamps.
the large Maori carving has been chiselled from 4500-year-old swamp kauri
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I returned to New Zealand to take up a postdoc project here that extended into looking into swamp kauri and the archaeological wood.
Despite the fact that scientists want swamp kauri to be preserved, the forestry director says that exports are a "grey area" and are approved on a case-by-case basis.
He was an environment officer investigating two companies that were digging for swamp kauri without the correct permits.
A team of scientists is using swamp kauri to reconstruct periods of abrupt climate change.
His head is bobbing slightly in the single window of his workshop as he methodically hand-sands a thin piece of swamp kauri.
These companies show an interest in exporting products such as beef and lamb, fruit, honey, milk, seafood, and swamp kauri.
This swamp kauri is being harvested at breakneck speeds for use in staircases and furniture.
We have the swamp kauri, trees that were buried in bogs and protected from decomposition.
His varied portfolio of investments in New Zealand includes swamp kauri in Northland and a stake in a honey-products company.
Swamp kauri is a precious resource for artisan furniture makers, but scientists value it as a treasure trove of information about past environmental conditions.