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Published: April 21st 2008
Tane Mahuta (Lord of the Forest)
The largest living Kauri tree in NZ. Trunk girth 13.8 metre, height 51.5 metres and trunk height 17.7 metres.Having seen "gum digger holes" earlier in our trip, our quest was to find out more about them.
The opportunity came when we visited Waipoua Forest, to see "Tane Mahuta" the largest known Kauri tree in the world.
It's said to be 2,000 years old.
The photo we took did not do it justice as we weren't able to get too close to it, for fear of damaging it's roots.
But take our word for it,
it's a giant... All fired up from this, we decided to call in to the Kauri Museum in Matakohe.
We spent hours there.... (unlike the tour parties that were rushed through on their day trips) As well as having the largest collection of kauri gum in the world, a replica boarding house, a school and a historic post office with a collection of telephones.
There are beautiful displays of Kauri wood and Kauri Gum products.
Many photo's depicting life at the time.
But probably the best feature was the recreation of how kauri trees were milled and processed, before the advent of our modern machinery.
Well worth the addmisson fee......
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