PUKETI FOREST TRUST PHOTO GALLERY

Photos from the forest

Trappers and volunteers share some of the things they have seen while working in Puketi.
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Toropapa (Alseuosmia macrophylla) flowers in Puketi Forest. In spring, this understorey shrub has inconspicuous yellow-green flowers with a beautiful fragrance. Photo by Michael Winch
Large white rata (Metrosideros albiflora) flowering in spring, Puketi Forest. Photo by Michael Winch
Flower of kiekie ( Freycinetia banksii) in Puketi Forest. The bracts surrounding these flowers are sweet and highly palatable to rats, goats and possums. They are rarely seen in forests without pest control. Photo by Ang Wickham
Filmy ferns growing in the moist understorey of the Puketi plateau. Photo by T & C Frentz
Neinei (Dracophyllum latifolium) with reddish foliage growing in a diverse mosaic of shrubbery on the edge of the Puketi plateau. Photo by T & C Frentz
View across Flavell's and Pukatea valleys from Puketi plateau. Photo by T & C Frentz
Toutouwai (North Island robin) beside a kauri tree in Puketi Forest. Photo by Emma Holvast
Waterfall on Mangakaraka Stream, Puketi Scenic Reserve. Photo by Ang Wickham
Feral pigs in a trap on the Puketi plateau. Photo by Rigel Cotman
Ancient rimu tree on the Puketi plateau. This is a favourite kokako song tree. Photo by Asher Wallace
Sunset from the Puketi plateau hut. Photo by Asher Wallace
Waterfall beside trap line R2, Puketi plateau. Photo by Asher Wallace
A pair of kukupa (NZ wood pigeon, known as kereru further south) in a totara tree, Puketi Forest. Photo by Tricia Hodgson
Puawananga (Clematis paniculata) flowering in spring, Puketi Forest. Photo by John Dawn
View of the Waipapa River, Puketi Forest, looking downstream from the Pukatea confluence. Photo by John Dawn