Waipoua Kauri Forest

Before the Europeans arrived in New Zealand much of the land was covered with Kauri trees. Now that 80% of the forest land has been cut down the few remaining Kauri forests are protected by the department of conservation. In Waipoua we see the world's tallest and the world's widest & oldest Kauri trees. It's very diifcult to get a sense of how imposing these huge trees are in photographs but if I say that they are approximately 2000 years old & 5 metres in diameter you get the general idea.