Omahuta
Kauri
Sanctuary,
Mangamuka,
Hokianga
Harbour
The
Omahuta
Kauri
Sanctuary
was
built
in
1952
to
enable
a
lot
of
people
easy
access
to
view
giant
Kauris
and
enjoy
a
true
Kauri
forest
encounter,
with
many
huge
trees.
The
walk
takes
about
45
minutes.
The
track
has
been
carefully
chosen
to
protect
the
trees
and
many
boardwalks
ensure
that
the
roots
of
the
trees
will
not
be
damaged
by
onlookers
and
that
visitors
can The Kauri logging period of Northland started in the 1860s and reached it's zenith at the turn of the last century. The demand for building timber increased with the level of immigration and the gum trade was encouraged by a rise in prices from 1865. The Kauri trade was instrumental in the development of Auckland but more so for the upper Northern provinces. Gum stores, sawmills, and logging ports became centres of settlement. The sanctuary can be accessed turning off from State Highway 1 (SH 1) into Omahuta Road a few kilometers South of Mangamuka Bridge |
There trunks are huge and a person just disappears alongside these giants, decorated by beautiful lush under growth |
 This
fallen
tree
is
hollow
and
so
big
that
you
can
just
park
a
bus
inside
it.
Kauris
were
still
logged
in
this
area
up
to
the
1970.
This
sounds
incredible
but
is
just
a
fact.
New
Zealand
took
a
long
time
to
realise
that
this
rape
of
nature
has
to
stop.
Luckily
such
areas
as
this
beautiful
sanctuary
have
been
created
as
well.Go to Doc site |
keep
dry
feet
in
the
wet
and
swampy
surrounding.
Clouds above sea
Chapel at Mangungu
Wairere
Boulders
Hokianga Sunset
Waiotemarama Falls
Mangungu Mission, Horeke
NZ
fern
trees