Song of the Kauri

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Title

Song of the Kauri

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This 2012 documentary explores the economic and creative potential of one of the icons of New Zealand’s forest: the kauri. Logging and fire have destroyed 95% of Aotearoa’s great kauri forests (this film was made before kauri dieback disease became a major threat). Director Mathurin Molgat poses a solution to the tree’s survival: commercial harvest. He frames the film around Laurie Williams, who makes guitars from the wood. In this excerpt, musician Tiki Taane talks about Tāne Mahuta, and a t...

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Video

Date created

2012

URL

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/song-of-the-kauri-2012

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maniapoto / laurie williams / karamea davis / george kerr / jackson browne / tiki taane / miranda adams / northland / kauri / guitar / luthier / violin / logging / milling / timber / pine / exotic / native / keith stewart / steve lane / john ralston saul / mark mazengarb

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