Panorama showing part of the Smith Wing of the Kauri Museum. The wing, and picture, shows some of the machinery used in the early kauri timber trade by the first European settlers in the region.

Kauri Museum Smith Wing - Kaipara Harbour visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Kauri Museum Smith Wing' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Northland.

The Smith Wing of the Kauri Museum shows some of the machinery used in the kauri timber industry. Kauri timber trade was fundamental to the early European settlement of tracts of Northland in New Zealand. Many of the small villages in the region, like Kohukohu and Rawene owe their existence to kauri timber. Much of the work was manual and very hard. Kauri trees could be several meters in diameter and tens of meters high. They would be cut down and sectioned by hand in the forest before being dragged back to processing yards. The Smith Wing shows some of the tools and machienery used, as well as samples of kauri logs.

Other Kauri Museum panoramas: Karui Gum Room | Volunteer Wing | Kauri saw mill

The Kauri Museum
5 Church Rd
Matakohe 0593
Northland, New Zealand

Take Highway 12 west from Brynderwyn (Highway 1) for 30km. The Kauri Museum is about 140km north of Auckland.