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Moss-encrusted kamahi trees dominate the Kamahi Loop Track on the lush eastern flanks of Taranaki, where rainfall totals more than two metres a year.
This abundance of water—the result of warm, moist air from the Tasman striking the mounga—feeds more the 50 rivers and streams that radiate out from the peak in a huge ring plain of avalanche, lahar and tephra deposits.
There is active predator control inside the park and an aim to bring possums, rodents, hares and mustelids down to low densities, protecting birdlife, invertebrates and the forest itself.
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