A type of timber from New Zealand and also Fiji. New Zealand Kauri is the largest conifer in New Zealand and some trees are thought to be over three thousand years old.!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8039990704443990"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel ="6807473505"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "FF3300";
resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
a light yellow straight-grained wood from New Zealand, used for bentwood work.
A natural resin derived from the exudation of the pine-like kauri tree in New Zealand. Ranges in hardness from the fossilized "brown" kauri dug from the earth, to the contemporary "bush" kauri that is gathered from living trees.