Do you believe in bigfoot? What about Moa?

**BuzzardNZ** · 4th May 2016, 15:55

Originally Posted by Jin

I had a nice long ride yesterday up through SH12. Beautiful ride and reminded me how beautiful this country is. Truely is godszone. Hill over Opononi is fantastic. Anyway coming down the hill towards Waipoua forest just looks like it goes on forever and got me thinking if i was a bigfoot or moa thats where i would be hiding out.

What say you KBers?

Pretty sure I saw one lurking in the aisles at the Porirua K-mart.

**Banditbandit** · 4th May 2016, 15:57

Be careful if you go looking - it's harvest season and the growers may well mistake you for something (but probably not sasquash ...)

**Swoop** · 4th May 2016, 15:59

Originally Posted by Akzle

So y'know. Aliens.

Just like the sailing ship that predates the "current indigenous population" that is rapidly hushed up...

Originally Posted by Jin

...if i was a moa thats where i would be hiding out.

Much like the sighting of a Moa down south a little while back. It would normally be dismissed but this one had much more credibility due to the person doing the sighting.

**Madness** · 4th May 2016, 16:29

Originally Posted by BuzzardNZ

Pretty sure I saw one lurking in the aisles at the Porirua K-mart.

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**Jin** · 4th May 2016, 16:33

I went tramping through whirinaki forest as a kid and remember tanya explaining to us the giant H kauri tree. Two trees basically joined together in the middle looking like an "H". Anyone seen it know where it is? Id like to go back see it again

**Luckylegs** · 4th May 2016, 16:47

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Am I the only one that looks at that tree and thinks it would make an epic dinner table?

Originally Posted by Moi

philistine...

Well, actually.... Carpenter, or Joiner/Cabinet maker if you prefer

**Maha** · 4th May 2016, 17:53

The Famous Naki Lion thread of 2012 http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...-in-Taranaki!?

PS: Why is this thread in General Bikers?

**george formby** · 4th May 2016, 18:04

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Am I the only one that looks at that tree and thinks it would make an epic dinner table?

It would make an epic house! The bigger tree had been rumored of for years but it was not until a hunter GPS'd it that DOC and Iwi could find it. According to the DOC guy who had just seen it (met him at the Waipoua Lodge) it's on the crown of a hill surrounded by it's enormous progeny. Must be a helluva thing to see.

Some of the stone remains can be accessed from one of the West coast settlements, name escapes me, had a liquid lunch. There is a creek at the end of the beach and the remains are not far up. Further into the forest from there is quite a large area of remains but difficult to get to. I doubt he would guide unless he had some hard cash. He has expensive habits.

Yeah, put a Ngapuhi sticker on your car.

There are accessible remains of stone work in the Puketi forest. The most interesting from an archaeological point were bull dozed by DOC a few years ago. An amateur archaeologist originally found them (my old neighbour) and she got shit for her theory's so backed off. Gone now, apart from her photographs and the horde of not Maori things she has in her house. Hmmmmmm? Nobody wants to find out about the red headed stone workers.

Hot potato.