This is an 8 minute 30 seconds video. I am very fortunate to have been given permission by TVNZ to include part of one of their 1966 series, "The Tall Trees and The Gold" in this video that includes the Maxwell Cottage. | Photos of the Kauri Coast and Kaipara

LORD OF THE FOREST (Tane Mahuta) 🌳 🙋‍♂️ Follow me @Ray.travelrr for more sacred stops and hidden nature gems. 🔁 Share this with someone who loves ancient nature and sacred giants. 🚗 Tāne Mahuta 🪾 stands deep inside Waipoua Forest, Northland, about 2 hours 40 minutes from Auckland. It is New Zealand’s largest living kauri tree, easily reached via a short forest boardwalk from the roadside car park. 🌲 History and meaning. Tāne Mahuta is named after the Māori god of forests and birds, Tāne, w

Tāne Mahuta, also known as Lord of the Forest, is the biggest & oldest known Kauri Tree in Northland and New Zealand. It is around 50 meters high and measured at 14 meters around the trunk at breast height. Its age is estimated to be 2000 years plus. Tāne is Māori god of birds and forests. #TāneMahuta #oldestkauri #waipouaforest #newzealand #motorhomeadventures #nature #walks | The Gibsons of New Zealand

The mysterious Waipoua Forest, NZ 😍 The home of the largest Kauri trees in NZ including the majestic and awe inspiring Tāne-Mahuta 🌳 There has also long been tales of another people that live in the mists and amongst the trees... bush fairies that locals were told to respect and adhere to rules. Gracie Kereopa (Te Roroa) lives amongst these giant kauri trees and bush fairies. But a disease is killing the trees. Video credit: Waka Huia | Feels like?