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| An almost complete and working
steam powered sawmill has been reconstructed at the museum. Each major activity is
performed by very well done mannequins based either on the real people who originally did
the work, or on museum staff whose ancestors lived and worked in the Matahoke area. |
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| The stoker feeds the steam
engine with kauri scraps. The leather belts roll over the wheels transferring the power of
the steam engine to the different saws. |
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| Saw blades being sharpened. |
One of the more modern saws, originally
steam powered and then converted to electricity. |
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| At one time kauri trees were bled for the
resin. This practice was stopped after the kauri trees started dying. |
The old gum digger cleaning his daily find. |
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| A sailing scow model made of kauri wood and
used to deliver kauri logs to distant mills along the NZ coast. |
Kiwi. A nocturnal flightless bird, and
endangered. |
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