Let me understand this, the picture is fiddleback swamp kauri, right?

And enough of it to make 100 scales would sell for about $1000+

That only makes it $10/set of scales. That's not bad at all. The only catch is the $1000+ has to be bought. Right?

Now the other part, can this wood be exported or it has to be worked into a finished product in NZ?

Matt, thanks for the link I will check it out too.