Girth of Te Matua Ngahere compared with a person for scale.
Te Matua Ngahere is a giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. Image File history File links TeMatuaNgahereWithPerson. ... Image File history File links TeMatuaNgahereWithPerson. ... Binomial name Agathis australis (D.Don) Loudon Agathis australis (Kauri) is a coniferous tree native to the northern districts of the North Island of New Zealand and is the biggest but not tallest species of tree in the country. ... Location of Waipoua Forest Waipoua Forest preserves some of the best examples of kauri forest remaining in New Zealand. ... The Northland Region, one of the regions of New Zealand, is, as the name suggests, the northernmost of New Zealands administrative regions. ...
The tree's Maori name means "Father of the Forest". Although not as massive or tall as its neighbour Tāne Mahuta, Te Matua Ngahere is much stouter, with a girth just over 16 metres (52.5 feet). As such it has possibly the thickest trunk of any tree in the Southern Hemisphere. There is no proof of the tree’s age, but it is estimated to be close to 2000 years old. The tree is a remnant of the ancient rain forest that once grew on the North Auckland Peninsula. Māori (or Maori) is a language spoken by the native peoples of New Zealand and the Cook Islands. ... TÄne Mahuta is a giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. ... The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is south of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On Earth it contains five continents (Antarctica, Australia, most of South America, parts of Africa and Asia) as well as four oceans (South... The North Auckland Peninsula, frequently referred to simply as the Northland Peninsula, is located in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. ...
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