The world's largest rainforest tree, Tane Mahuta stands guard over Waipoua and has become an icon of New Zealand's unique natural heritage. At the time of Christ, Tane Mahuta was already a mature tree. It had seen 1000 years of history before man colonised New Zealand, the last major land mass to be inhabited by humans. It knew the ancient world of the moa, giant eagle and huia.
Awesome, and if you drive from the north, as you approach it, it toweres above everything else.
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The world's largest rainforest tree, Tane Mahuta stands guard over Waipoua and has become an icon of New Zealand's unique natural heritage. At the time of Christ, Tane Mahuta was already a mature tree. It had seen 1000 years of history before man colonised New Zealand, the last major land mass to be inhabited by humans. It knew the ancient world of the moa, giant eagle and huia.
Awesome, and if you drive from the north, as you approach it, it toweres above everything else.