Redwoods in Rotorua

Around 1901 New Zealand cleared an area of native trees and planted trees from all over the world to see what trees would grow best in New Zealand for lumber production. Apparently the California Pine won, the guild said it takes 100 years before they harvest the California Pine in California but takes only 25 years in New Zealand. They also planted California Redwood trees and after World War II they dedicated the Redwood Trees they planted to soldiers that died in the war and made the area a national park. I was shocked to see a Redwood Tree forest in New Zealand that was just like the ones in California just a lot smaller area.

1 Redwood trees.
2 On the right are Redwood Trees and the on the left are native trees.
3 What the native forest looks like, the trees are not very straight.
4 A hiking trail thru the native forestRead more