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Kōrero: Northland places

Tāne Mahuta

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Tāne Mahuta

This kauri tree, named Tāne Mahuta (the lord of the forest) is thought to be the largest of its kind surviving in New Zealand. It stands in the Waipoua Forest Sanctuary, 55 kilometres north of Dargaville, where many giant kauri are protected.

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by Peter Hodsell

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Claudia Orange, Northland places – Waipoua and middle Northland, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7846/tane-mahuta (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Claudia Orange, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.