Rāhiri’s third wife was Moetonga whose descendants lived in the Waipoua forest. Today this is the largest remaining forest of kauri trees in New Zealand. The biggest tree in Waipoua is Tāne Mahuta (the lord of the forest), which is estimated to be 2,100 years old.
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