Tree on the coast of New Zealand?

Question

Hi, I'm from America, and I saw a picture of Auckland Islands National Reserve in a National Geographic, and it had these gnarly trees all over, they seemed to be leafless, but I was wondering what kind of trees they were??

If anyone keeps National Geographic it was in the October 2006 one, titled Places We Must Save.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Looks like they may be Manuka which is a hardwood native tea tree. Manuka is particularly vulnerable to attacks from introduced possums (from Australia) and the trees in the picture are probably dead.

http://www.virtualoceania.net/newzealand...