The Life and Times of the Giant Kauri Tree
by Dave Gunson, 32pp limpbound, Reed Children’s Books, Auckland 2002, RRP $14.95. Dave Gunson is an illustrator who has picked up the idea of depicting the life history of an ancient kauri tree and relating its growth to historical events in the wider world. In fact, he begins with the evolution of kauri when New Zealand was part of the Gondwana supercontinent, but concentrates on the story of Kairaru, a now-vanished specimen which he depicts as living for 4000 years. The main text follows the nature and exploitation of kauri, the basis of the once-huge timber and gum-digging industries. Less successful is the crammed international timeline which, in tiny type, records the passage of world history; sometimes in readily recognised events, but occasionally in references more ae" Ea difficult for a younger Dave Gunsoh 4 i reader to comprehend. ee
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Forest and Bird, Issue 307, 1 February 2003, Page 44
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