New Zealand’s largest known totara, Pouakani. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Totara

August 2018

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Five places to see the mighty totara tree.

When tramping in regenerating fringe country, you come across them sometimes – a lichen-patterned, hoary old post that was once the strainer that held the wires to keep sheep in, or out. Farmers favoured totara posts because of their exceptional durability; something in the wood’s oils makes them highly resistant to the normal process of […]
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