Today we plan to visit Tāne Mahuta, New Zealand’s largest known living kauri tree:
- Trunk girth: 13.77 m
- Trunk height: 17.68 m
- Total height: 51.2 m
- Trunk volume: 244.5 m³
According to Māori, Tāne is the son of Papatuanuku the earth mother and Ranginui the sky father (Papa and Rangi). Tāne pushed his embracing parents apart then clothed his mother in the forest. All living creatures of the forest are Tāne's children.
Source: Tāne Mahuta Walk: Waipoua Forest, Northland.
See also my posts:
- Visit Tāne Mahuta, 06 January 2019
- How huge Tāne Mahuta is, 06 January 2019
- Determination, 09 August 2019