Kauri: Witness to a Nation's History

Kauri: Witness to a Nation's History
Joanna Orwin
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Hardback
h230 x 170mm - 240pg
1 Jul 2019 NZ
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9781869665296
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New Zealand’s giant native conifer, the kauri, once dominated the northern landscape, looming large in the lives of the country’s first inhabitants and later European settlers. This remarkable tree, which grows up to 50m with trunk diameters of over 5m, can live for well over 1000 years so it has played a part in the lives of all inhabitants, celebrated in Maori myth and integral to early colonial history. Over the centuries, kauri’s high-quality timber has yielded war canoes, ships’ spars, furniture and houses, and the industries that sprang up around it had a defining impact on early New Zealand society. Today, though the kauri forests are a shadow of their former selves, their legacy lives on in New Zealand’s rich cultural inheritance. Today forests face a new threat with kauri dieback and the challenges facing conservationists, botanists and scientists working to protect this unique trees’ future are examined Scientist and historian Joanna Orwin has shown, in a lively and richly informative style, how the remarkable story of the kauri is also the story of New Zealand.
Joanna Orwin has a background in plant ecology and 30 years' experience as an editor in envionmental sciences. Her lifelong interests in New Zealand's landscapes and Maori history are reflected in award-winning books that range from oral history to historical and adventure novels for children and young adults.
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ISBN-13: 9781869665296
Published: 1 Jul 2019
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: New Holland Publishers (NZ)
Publisher: Upstart Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 230mm
Width: 170mm
Pages: 240

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