00 29 0496 Waipoua Forest NZ - Kauri Baum Tane Mahuta

A sanctuary area is a type of New Zealand protected area. They exist to preserve populations of important forest types, like the remnants of

kauri ''Agathis'', commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of 22 species of evergreen tree. The genus is part of the ancient conifer family Araucariaceae, a group once widespread during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, but now largely res ...

forests in Northland. Sanctuary areas are relatively rare. Like ecological areas, most sanctuary areas were set aside by the now defunct New Zealand Forest Service in the 1970s and 1970s in response to activism by the

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. The 9,105-hectare Waipoua Forest Sanctuary, featuring giant kauri such as

Tāne Mahuta Tāne Mahuta, also called "God of the Forest", is a giant Agathis australis, kauri tree (''Agathis australis'') in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. Its age is unknown but is estimated to be between 1,250 and 2,500 years. It i ...

, was established as the first Sanctuary Area in 1952. The Whirinaki Sanctuary, created in the 1980s to protect the podocarp forests of Whirinaki Forest Park, was one of the last to be established. The

Land Information New Zealand Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with geographical information and surveying functions as well as handling land titles, and managing Crown land and property. The minist ...

website lists 10 sanctuary areas recognised by the

New Zealand Geographic Board The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) was established by the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, which has since been replaced by the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. Althoug ...

: * Te Arai Sanctuary, Northland * Wairaki Forest Sanctuary,

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* Otawa Sanctuary Area,

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* Sugar Loaf Islands Sanctuary,

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* Ngā Motu / Sugar Loaf Islands Sanctuary,

* Oapui Sanctuary,

* Erua Forest Sanctuary,

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* Esk Kiwi Sanctuary,

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* Hihitahi Forest Sanctuary,

* Rocky Hills Sanctuary Area,

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