Those kauri trees are big. They are
protected now from harvesting, but you still see a lot of people selling
kauri bowls and furniture. We had to ask a ranger to find out
that it is legal to make things from kauri that was previously cut.
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People don't go on hikes so much in New
Zealand. Instead they tramp. Here we are tramping through a
stream.
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This unrolling fern frond will eventually
yield vegetation the size of a palm tree frond like in the fern tree
picture below.
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This kind of plant made it like hiking in the
Land of Lost instead of in Middle Earth.
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The big trees here are called kauri.
The native culture is called Maori. They rhyme. So
what do you call a scowling hippy version of a gift given by a bride's
family in a native wedding if that gift is a big tree like this with
lemon juice on it?
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Answer: A flowery powery glowery towery
Maori dowry soury kauri.
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