This is the largest tree species by volume in all of New Zealand, kauri. There are relatively few left, the only survivors of Māori burning and European tree logging. Unfortunately endangered by kauri dieback, they require special protection nowadays. [1]ISO 1250, 39mm, f/7.1, 1/110s.
This is known as prison, although the exact purpose of this human-made cave is unknown. Inside, there is fake skeleton and - far more terrifyingly - giant insectoids that caused my rapid and disorderly departure from the cave. It may have been the demon grasshopper or something of the Deinacrida genus. And I was told New Zealand had benign wildlife compared to the Australian horrors...ISO 5000, 18mm, f/6.4, 1/100s.
