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.

[2] On the wall, there are full-scale circumference outlines of the huge trees, including one of 81⁄2 metres, larger even than Tāne Mahuta.

[3] 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.

[4] The Kauri Museum has however helped raise awareness of the need to conserve the remaining forest through a display of photographs by the conservationist Stephen King, presented in partnership with the Waipoua Forest Trust.