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1855 Rev R Taylor `Te Ika a Maui,' p 439:

”White-pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides--Kahikatea, kahika, korol This tree is generally called the white-pine, from the colour of its wood The kahikatea may be considered as nearly the loftiest tree in the New Zealand forest; it often attains a height of little less than two hundred feet, and in that respect rivals the noble kauri, but the general appearance is not very pleasing”

1875 T Laslett, `Timber and Trees,' p 304:

”The kahikatea or kakaterra-tree (Dacrydium excelsu tree belongs to the natural order of Taxaceae, ht 150 to 180 feet, rising sixty feet and upithout a branch”

1876: W Blair, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'

vol ix art 10, p 160:

”This tio, by the native name of `kahikatea' I think we should adopt it also, not only on account of being more euphonious, but for the reason that so many timbers in other parts of the world are called white-pine”

1873 `Appendix to Journal of House of Representatives,'

vol iii G 7, p 11:

”On the purchased land stands, or lately stood, a sreatin Tareha's pa depended upon it for their supply of fire-wood”

1883 J Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p 124:

[It is Sir Jans the tree to Coniferae, not Taxaceae]

1888 Cassell's' Picturesque Australasia,' vol iii p 210:

”The White Pine or kahikatea is a very beautiful tree, and droops its dark feathery foliage in a hich recalls the graceful branches of the English elm-tree”

<hw>Kahikatoa</hw>, n Maori naer used by the settlers

1883 J Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p 126:

”Kahikatoa, tea-tree of Cook Leptospermum scoparium, Forst, NO Myrtaceae”

<hw>Kahikomako</hw>, n Maori name [shortened into kaikomako] for a New Zealand timber, Pennantia corymbosa, NO Olacineae; called also Ribbonwood (qv)

1883 J Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p 130:

”Kahiko flowers; height twenty to thirty feet

Wood used by the Maoris for kindling fires by friction”

<hw>Kai</hw>, n Maori word for food; used also in the South Sea islands Kai-kai is an English adaptation for feasting

1807 J Savage, `Some Account of New Zealand,' Vocab

p 75: