GIANT OF THE FOREST
MONSTER KAURI IN STATE FOREST 53FT GIRTH AT BASE [Per United Press Association.] DARGAVILfiE, March 13. Last month, in Waipoua State Forest, was discovered a fine old kauri tree which has been named “ Tematua Ngahere.” It has the largest known girth of any tree growing in New Zealand today, being 53ft around at the base, while the centre girth is only 2ft Gin less. Its height from Pukahu Mount to the first limb is 32ft, while the distance from the same limb to the level of the ground is 36ft. The capacity of the tree is 6,500 cubic feet dr 78,800 superficial feet. The well-known giant of the forest, “Tanemahuta,” is smaller than “Tematua Ngahere.” “Tanemahuta,” which is estimated to date back to the eighth century, has a girth at the base of 43ft. Its lowest branch is 42ft above ground, and it is calculated to contain 72,000 superficial feet of timber.
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Evening Star, Issue 22596, 13 March 1937, Page 16
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156GIANT OF THE FOREST Evening Star, Issue 22596, 13 March 1937, Page 16
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