Kauri Cliff Art Gallery is a gallery of sculptures carved by Tony Howse from salvaged Coromandel kauri, at 240 Rahu Road in Karangahake, near Paeroa in Hauraki. Tony has sculpted New Zealand native timber for more than 30 years, and he collects his kauri from driftwood and the old stumps and roots left behind by the early loggers around the Coromandel Peninsula. The gallery shows birds, sea life, decorative furniture and commissioned pieces made for inside and outside spaces. Courses are offered, commissions are welcome, and the work can be shipped worldwide.
The gallery is open Monday to Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm, and guided tours are available for groups on request. Visitors who have been on the tour say Tony gave them a personal welcome and was very informative about the wood. The website notes that he has replanted many kauri trees and has received the Pride of New Zealand Award for his conservation work. For a visitor, the value of the gallery is in seeing the wood's history in each piece.