Kahikatea+or+White+pine

This tree can grow to a length of 55 meters and the trunk's width can be 1 meter+, the base of the tree widens out to support the tree. This tree is common in lowland forests and wetlands in the North and South islands. Before large logging happened there used to be 80 meter high Kahikatea trees The Maori name Kahikatea is now more widely used (other Māori names are kaikatea, kahika, katea, kōaka).The wood was not used much, but in the 1880's the wood was used more, it got made into boxes and it transported butter because it created less odor than other wood, also it was lightweight.