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Te Matura Ngahere (The father of the forest) - a 2000 year old giant Kauri tree (trunk 10m high, 5.22m diameter, total height 30m). These trees were used for Maori war canoes (wakas) and for sailing ship's masts.

Te Matura Ngahere (The father of the forest) - a 2000 year old giant Kauri tree (trunk 10m high, 5.22m diameter, total height 30m). These trees were used for Maori war canoes (wakas) and for sailing ship's masts.