Thursday, January 5, 2012

A New Zealand Northland Christmas - Post #3


Waipoua Forest
 Four Sisters
This beautiful forest is where the largest and oldest Kauri trees are located, (see below).  To see a previous post about the Kauri trees of NZ look here.


 Te Matua Ngahere
Father of the Forest
Second known largest living Kauri - Girth: 13.77m, Height: 17.68m
 Estimated age is over 2000 years old.

 Tane Mahuta
God of the Forest 
Largest known living Kauri - Girth: 13.77m, Height: 17.68m 
Estimated age is over 2000 years old. 

We took a lovely hike in this forest.  (Actually, Kiwis would say they took a lovely tramp through the bush.)  Anyway, these kauri trees are truly remarkable.