This giant Rata tree rises out of the canopy of a podocarp rainforest. The location is Kaitoke Regional Park in the foothills of the Tararua Mountains. The park has a number of huge specimens of rata, kahikatea, and beech.
View of the swing bridge at the Rivendell carpark in Kaitoke Regional Park near Upper Hutt. The bridge takes...
Pākuratahi River is a tributary of the Hutt River. It flows from the nearby Tararua Range. The river is...
Looking up toward the canopy of the rainforest in Kaitoke Regional Park. The park is famous for its forest...
View of the upper reaches of the Hutt River inside Kaitoke Regional Park. The river has a number of...
View of a circuit walk through a Podocarp rainforest in Kaitoke Regional Park. Podocarp trees are found in the...
View of a giant root system inside a podocarp rainforest in Kaitoke Regional Park. Kaitoke is a beautiful natural...
While Rivendell is a fictional location in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth universe, the location for Rivendell in Kaitoke is a...
The Hutt River runs through Kaitoke Regional Park and is a major feature of the reserve. The river is...
