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Redwood Memorial Grove Track at the Redwoods in Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Historically, the land where the Whakarewarewa Forest now stands was bare of trees, except for a small area of native bush capping the highest hills above the Blue Lake. Like most of the land in the vicinity of Rotorua it was covered in flax, fern, tussock and shrubs such as manuka, tutu and coprosmas. A Maori settlement called Te Whakarewarewa Tanga o te Ope Taua a Wahiao lived in the area. The forest we see today was established in 1901 as an experiment to test the suitability of different native and exotic forest species for commercial planting. Whakarewarewa is home to a large number of native plant species as well as giant Californian Redwoods. Redwood trees can grow to be some of the tallest trees in the world, and can live for thousands of years.
