Please to be forgiving overexposure. Large chunks of the Queen Charlotte Track look like this. This is what we call Native Regrowth. Vast tracts of NZ were deforested by Pakeha during the settlement period with a view to grazing sheep and cattle. Much of the Marlborough Sounds have since been reconverted back to non-farm use and the bush is taking hold again. The best bits of the QC are about 100 years old, which enough to give you the proverbial warm fuzzies. It can only get better:)