Waipoua Forest Giants - Roadside Stories

A Manatū Taonga audio guide to Waipoua Forest. Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide in the image carousel above.

Waipoua Forest is the site of majestic giant kauri, including the towering 1,500-year-old Tāne Mahuta. Waipoua is one of New Zealand’s few remnants of kauri forest – much of which was logged for timber in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Waipoua and middle Northland,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/northland-places/12

Tāne Mahuta,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/northland-places/12/2

Kauri forest,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/kauri-forest

Opening of Waipoua Forest Sanctuary,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/kauri-forest/4/2

Kauri gum,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/plant-extracts/2/2

The great trees,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/te-ngahere-forest-lore/2

Archival audio: Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, http://www.archives.govt.nz/ Weekly Review 333. National Film Unit, 1948.

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Roadside Stories is a series of audio guides that follow major road trips in New Zealand. The stories cover the places you’ll pass along the way – their people, their history, their cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/