new life
you see why they call it redwood 
there is a great tree walk here, 
you can really immerse yourself in the forest that way
solid chunk of wood, but only about 100 years old 
It was New Zealand forestry commission testing out different tree types about a 100 years ago, to see what would grow well, and the Californian red wood cedar came out on top, growing faster than it does in California 
Redwoods Cedars Whakarewarewa Forest Rotorua New Zealand
Before heading to the west coast, we take a last look at one of the most spectacular forests here
Sonny Vandevelde