Kaingaroa Forest

Kaingaroa Forest is the largest forest in the North Island of New Zealand, and the largest plantation in the southern hemisphere.

Related Topics:
North Island - New Zealand

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The privately owned forest covers 2900 km2 in the inland East Cape and Bay of Plenty regions, and stretches south past the east coast of Lake Taupo. The headquarters of the forest are at the small settlement of Kaingaroa, 50 kilometres southeast of Rotorua.

Related Topics:
East Cape - Bay of Plenty - Lake Taupo - Rotorua

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Until the 1980s it was owned as a state asset by the New Zealand government. While under government control it was known as the Kaingaroa State Forest.

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