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 place is known as the Prison, although its exact purpose is unknown. Inside, there is a fake skeleton and, far more terrifyingly, giant insects that caused my rapid and disorderly departure. One may have been a demon grasshopper or something from the Deinacrida genus. I was told New Zealand wildlife was benign compared with Australia's horrors...ISO 5000, 18mm, f/6.4, 1/100s.
