Rimu forest at Punakaiki, West Coast, New Zealand.
Rights: Katja Schulz, CC BY 2.0 Published 16 September 2022 Size: 3.9 MB Referencing Hub media

Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) were prominent in the podocarp forests that eastern moa preferred. The distribution of these forests changed dramatically during the ice age.

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