Kauri
This young kauri - probably about a hundred years old - demonstrates why there would have been such demand for them as ship's masts in the 19th century. Fortunately New Zealand is so far from the rest of the world the whole landscape didn't manage to end up stripped of them, though they are still somewhat endangered, and preservation and reforestation efforts continue.
This grove is in the +Brick Bay Wines & Sculpture Trail, a delightful trail through native bush, farmland and landscaped gardens dotted with wonderful sculpture.
This was taken a couple of days ago, before the huge dump of rain from a couple of tropical cyclones bearing down on the country in tandem. The weather got a little rough there for a while, but it mostly missed Auckland, and though there are trees and powerlines down all over the country it sounds like this one hasn't been as bad as the media painted it might get.