The story of Kauri
The Kauri woods are the most ancient woods in the world.
The giant Kauri tree is the most famous New Zealand native tree and one of the largest trees found anywhere in the world. Ancestors of today's Kauri date back to the Jurassic or Permian period (230 million years ago). Living Kauri trees have been found as old as 4,000 years old with heights up to 150 feet and girth of 60 feet!
Today New Zealand legislation prohibits the felling of any growing Kauri tree.
Thousands of years ago a huge natural disaster caused many Kauri forests to be flattened and the trees to be buried in swamps. The wood was perfectly preserved and radiocarbon dating has revealed that some of this wood has been buried for up to 50,000 years.
The clocks, tables, mirrors and ornaments made from this spectacular wood. They are unique in shape and in colours. The natural shapes and compelling colours conjour them incomperable.
