The Waipoua Forest is a forest on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. It preserves some of the best examples of kauri forest remaining in New Zealand of which it is notable for having two of
Tāne Mahuta, Lord of the Forest, is the largest living kauri tree in New Zealand.
The jungle inside Waipoua Forest.
Girth of Te Matua Ngahere compared with a person for scale
Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is one of three extant genera in the family Araucariaceae, alongside
Waipoua Forest
…The Waipoua Forest is a forest on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. It preserves some of the best examples of kauri forest remaining in New Zealand of which it is notable for having two of the largest living kauri trees, Tāne Mahuta and Te Matua Ngahere. A community-based…
Trunk of Agathis robusta at Cairns Botanic Gardens
Tāne Mahuta, an Agathis australis in Waipoua Forest, the largest tree in New Zealand by volume
Trunk of the Yakas kauri (7th largest)