The Waipoua Forest is located on the west coast of the Northland Region and is associated with the neighboring Waima and Mataraua Forests. The forest sanctuary is bordered to the south by the 350 hectares (860 acres) Professor W.R McGregor Reserve, named afterward. McGregor (1894�1977). In the 1940s, McGregor successfully campaigned to end logging of the Waipoua kauri forest and to have the forest dedicated as a sanctuary in 1952
