Puketi Forest (Puketi Kauri Forest)
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
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- Tourist attraction in Okaihau, New Zealand
Visitor information
- Address: 1756 Waiare Road, Ōkaihau 0295, New Zealand
- Phone: +64 9 407 0300
- Official website: https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/northland/places/puketi-and-omahuta-forests/things-to-do/manginangina-kauri-walk/
People also ask
How long is the Puketi forest Walk?
Hiking
What is special about the kauri tree?
Kauri are among the world's mightiest trees, growing to over 50 m tall, with trunk girths up to 16 m, and living for over 2,000 years. Kauri forests once covered 1.2 million ha from the Far North of Northland to Te Kauri, near Kawhia and were common when the first people arrived around 1,000 years ago.
Is the kauri tree the biggest tree in the world?
Kauri are among the largest and most handsome trees in the world, the tallest growing to sixty metres. The largest kauri found (near Thames) was dead but its stump measured 8.3 metres across.
How old is the oldest kauri tree?
Te Matua Ngahere - The Father of the Forest - is between 2,500 and 3,000 years old and the oldest kauri tree in the world. The Lord of the Forest - the giant Tane Mahuta - is the biggest Kauri tree in the world.