Quick Kauri Fact:

Younger Kauri (rickers) carry short branches up their trunks until they are 120 years old.

Northland Visitor Guide

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Kauri Fest '07
8th - 30th September

KauriFest 2007 is all about celebrating, honouring and experiencing a New Zealand icon, the kauri tree, as well as getting out and about and enjoying Spring in Northland.

Each weekend of the festival is focused on a different district within the region – from sport and nature walks to food, wine and art. It’s also school holiday time, so there’s heaps of daily activities and special events that will keep the whole family entertained.

For more information about kauri and Northland, as well as accommodation packages to visit Northland during KauriFest '07, visit www.northlandnz.com/kauri/

7 - 9 September - Focus on Whangarei
Northland Vs Auckland rugby, KauriFest lunch, art competitions and exhibitions, motorbiking and family fun at Whangarei Museum and much more…

14 – 16 September - Focus on Kaipara
Including Sam Hunt and local bands in Dargaville, Kauri Settlers Day at The Kauri Museum, Wearable Arts Gala in Paparoa, Kai in Kaipara and a Kaleidoscope of top Kaipara Artists

21 – 23 September - Focus on Hokianga
Hokianga Country Music Festival, Great Boar Hunt at Herekino, Family Fun day and much more

28 – 30 September - Focus on Bay of Islands
Includes Taste Bay of Islands, Kids can Cook competition, Waitangi celebrations, cocktail night and walks in the Puketi Forest…

For a full events list click HERE

Background on the Kauri Festival

The Northland Kauri Festival was launched in 2005. It’s first year was about encouraging Northlanders to take ownership, stand up and be proud of Kauri, a unique feature of the region. 37 different locations around the region organised and coordinated a range of opportunities to celebrate, honour and experience the kauri in the regions forests and communities. Organised by Northlanders with the assistance of Enterprise Northland and the Activate Northland project, the Kauri Festival is about local people talking about and celebrating their connection with the kauri.

Northland Kauri

Kauri gum, once a cornerstone of
Northland's economy.

Northland has a deep connection with kauri, with many relationships and stories to be shared. The Kauri Festival provides a way for these stories to be highlighted, celebrated, and experienced. Throughout the region the stories of the kauri and the peoples of the region are intimately intertwined - from the arrival of Maori several hundred years ago, through to the early settlers of the 1800's and up to the present time, the kauri has endured an ever evolving landscape.

Kauri waka with paper sails,
Woodturners Kauri Gallery,
Dargaville

The trees are part of the living history that is Northland. They pre-date human existence in New Zealand. Their ancestors were mature specimens when dinosaurs roamed the land. Several of the world's largest living kauri trees are in Northland, including the largest Tane Mahuta, 51 metres high and over 1500 years old. It knew the ancient world of the Moa and the Huia.