Images from the 18 km Tongoriro Crossing near Lake Taupo

Old Trees in New Zealand

A 300 year old fig tree outside the police station in Russel.



Tree in a Park in Auckland. The branches were so big they had to be supported by metal crutches.



These symmetrical looking pine trees are all over the place. They look like cell phone towers but are real.


Me in a kaori tree at the tree museum.

At the tree museum again. The rings on the wall show the diameters of the largest known kaori trees.
The inner most ring on the wall is Tane Mahuta, the tallest living kaori tree. Below are pictures of Tane.

They say that Tane is hollowing out and dying and will fall over soon.