Tupapakurua Falls

There was too much wind on the 

Tongariro alpine crossing so we did this waterfall hike instead.

From the bottom of the road it was 7 miles with 300 feet elevation gain.

Giant Polytrichum moss 

Dawson superba  The largest in the world! 

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Dawson superba  The largest moss in the world! 

I really wish that DOC would list trails in terms of Kilometers and elevation gain  instead of hours. I find measuring trails in hours to be useless. Someone can hike it in x amount of time? Not very  helpful.  7 miles with 300 feet elevation gain.
 11 Kilometers with 100 meters elevation gain