The Kauri Museum is in the west coast village of Matakohe, Northland, New Zealand.The museum, to the south of the Waipoua Forest, contains many exhibits that tell the story of the pioneering days when early European settlers in the area extracted kauri timber and kauri gum. It tells its story from the colonial viewpoint, and presents its representation of the kauri gum industry as part of the process of creating the New Zealand identity. It has little to say about negative aspects, such as the impact on the Māori people. * Kauri gum * * Inside the hut or whare * * A real sawmill * * * *