I te pito whakamutunga o te rau tau tekau mā iwa, i te whakaaro ake ngā tāngata o Rotorua ki ētehi atu huarahi e whanake tonu ai te ōhanga o te wāhi rā. He hua nui o roto i ngā rākau o te ngahere, heoi, i te tere pau haere ngā rākau i te topenga o ngā rākau māori hei whakamahi mā te ahumahi kāmura. Ko ngā rākau kaha rawa atu me ngā rākau ātaahua rawa atu o te ao whānui ko ngā rākau māori, heoi anō, ka roa kē te tupunga o ērā momo rākau māori i ngā wāhi tika anake mai i te pihinga ki tōna kōhuretanga, nō reira, i mate rātau ki te kimi rautaki kē atu.
I toko ake te whakaaro kia whakatupuria ngā rākau rāwaho i Rotorua i te tere o te tupu o ērā momo e taea ai e rātau ērā rākau te tope ka whakatōhia iho ai he rākau anō whai muri tonu iho. He mea whakatō ngā kākano 170 o ngā rākau rāwaho rerekē i te ngahere o Whakarewarewa e mārama ai rātau ko ēhea ngā rākau e tino rata ana ki te oneone o Rotorua.
I pai te tupu o ētehi rākau, heoi anō ētehi atu, auare ake. I tino rata te paina rātiata ki te āhua o Whakarewarewa i eke ai ia ki te taumata o ngā rākau rāwaho tika hei whakatupu mā te hunga whakatupu o te wā. I maha te whakatōnga o ngā rākau paina e kitea whānuihia nei huri noa i te ngahere o Whakarewarewa.
Ko tētehi hua nui i puta ko te whai mahi i kitea whānuihia ai te mahi a te Māori e whakatō rākau ana, ā, ko te rangatira me tana kaiāwhina anake ngā Pākehā.
He maha ngā rākau i whakatōhia ai i Waiotapu e ngā mauhere o ngā whare herehere i te tau 1901. Ahakoa te uaua, i tino whai hua ngā mahi whakatō rākau. I paku raru ngā mahi i ētehi hekenga pēnei i te rerekē haeretanga o te pā mahana i tētehi pō i mate ai ngā rākau pihinga 200,000 i te rā kotahi.
Kāore i tino pai te tupu ngātahi o te maha o te rākau Karawhōnia i te wāhi kotahi, nō reira, i ēnei rangi nei, kitea kētia ai tērā momo rākau i te Uru Whakamarahatanga o Redwood, i Rotokākahi rānei i ngā ara e rite tonu ana te kitea o ngā tāngata e hīkoi ana, e oma ana, e eke pahikara ana hoki.
Kua tino ora ngā huruwhenua, ngā otaota, ngā putiputi me ngā hekaheka i raro i te maru o ērā rākau. Nā te tupu hoki o ngā momo makawe, o ngā momo rautāwhiri, o ngā momo kāramuramu, o ngā momo kōtukutuku me ngā momo mānuka i ātaahua ai te wāhi rā.
Qualities: innovation, diligence
More to watch:
See the Redwoods Whakarewarewa forest today:
Mountain biking in Whakarewarewa Forest:
https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/15030/whakarewarewa-forest
https://redwoods.co.nz/about/tree-story/
From Rotorua Library:
See a DVD on Whakarewarewa Forest:
Whakarewarewa: a community forest (Scion Forest Research Institute)
More to read:
From Rotorua Library:
The New Century in Rotorua (D. M. Stafford)
Rotorua forests: a history: a short account of the development of state forestry in the Rotorua region (Joan Boyd)
This entry is related to these other entries:
Railways and Rotorua
Sources:
https://redwoods.co.nz/about/tree-story/
The New Century in Rotorua (D. M. Stafford)