Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

Smith's Bush, Northcote, is bisected by the Northern Motorway.

A boardwalk winds through a multitude of kahikatea trees in Smith's Bush, Northcote.

Kahikatea are a dominant feature of Smith's Bush.

Smith's Bush boasts many giant puriri, each draped with massive clumps of epiphytes.

Several of the puriri in Smith's Bush are twined with vines.

View of Smith's Bush through a hole in a puriri trunk.

The eastern portion of Smith's Bush can be reached from the intersection of two appropriate street names.

Mangroves flourish in Tuff Crater, an explosion crater in Northcote,

Kowhai blossoms among mangrove breathing roots in Tuff Crater.

One of the remaining remnants of Auckland lava rock forest in Mt Eden.