Tane Mahuta (New Zealand)
‘The huge Tane Mahuta’
Known to the Maori as the ‘God of the Forest’, Tane Mahuta is New Zealand largest Kauri tree. It rises 59 feet before the first branch. Tane Mahuta is growing in the Waipoua National Forest.
‘There are board walk around the tree to prevent the soil compressing around the roots’
‘God of the Forest’
Tane Mahuta is estimated to be 2100 years.
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