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    Metrosideros excelsa, commonly known as the pōhutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree, or iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae...
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    The Pōhutukawa Coast is an area of the Auckland Region in New Zealand. The area covers townships south of the Tāmaki Strait: Whitford, Beachlands, Maraetai...
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  • Pōhutukawa Bay is a beach north of Long Bay, located on the North Shore of Auckland. It is situated northeast of Ōkura, close to Piripiri Point. Directly...
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    introduced into Australia's Innes National Park to boost genetic diversity. Pohutukawa Trust New Zealand was founded in 1992 by Ray Weaver and other private...
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    which gave the maunga its English name. Two accounts identify it as a pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa). This tree was cut down by a Pākehā settler in...
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    "heartwood" and sideron or "iron". Perhaps the best-known species are the pōhutukawa (M. excelsa), northern (M. robusta) and southern rātā (M. umbellata) of...
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    Auckland and the Pōhutukawa Coast. The Tāmaki Strait is located to the east of Auckland, south of Waiheke Island and north of the Pōhutukawa Coast. During...
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    Urostigma), the warm-temperate rainforest rata (Metrosideros robusta), and pohutukawa trees of New Zealand (Metrosideros excelsa). Vines such as common ivy...
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    classic NZ plays, Haruru Mai for the NZ International Arts Festival and The Pohutukawa Tree for ATC. In the USA, she has acted in multiple stage readings for...
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    rātā and northern rātā ¤ Hybrid of southern rātā and pōhutukawa Metrosideros excelsa, pōhutukawa Metrosideros robusta, northern rātā Metrosideros bartlettii...
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    Metrosideros kermadecensis, with common names Kermadec pōhutukawa and New Zealand Christmas bush is an evergreen tree of the myrtle family which is endemic...
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    of Project Crimson. Hybridisation with pōhutukawa is another threat to the survival of northern rātā. Pōhutukawa has naturalised in areas south of its...
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    in the star cluster:: 24–35  The star Pōhutukawa's association with the departed relates to the lone pōhutukawa tree at Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Reinga)...
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    Beachlands, New Zealand (category Pōhutukawa Coast)
    to its popularity as a beach holiday destination. It is located on the Pōhutukawa Coast and in close proximity to Maraetai. Beachlands is located adjacent...
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  • type of large tree fern moa extinct giant flightless bird pāua abalone pōhutukawa a type of flowering tree ponga (also spelt punga) the silver fern, often...
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    family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are...
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    example of a flower is the pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), which acts to regulate colour in a different way. The pohutukawa contains small petals also...
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    bartlettii Kermadec pōhutukawa Metrosideros kermadecensis Northern rātā Metrosideros robusta Parkinson's rātā Metrosideros parkinsonii Pōhutukawa Metrosideros...
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    with very little traditional Northern Hemisphere winter imagery. The pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), which produces large crimson flowers in December...
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    Totara Tigers Yellow Kauri Kauri Kings Red Nikau Nikau Knights Blue Rimu Rimu Rhino Green Pohutukawa Pohutukawa Pirates Orange Matai Matai Moose Purple...
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  • of water sports. The bays are also inhabited by a colony of shags, and pōhutukawa are abundant along the coastline. The New Zealand dotterel, oystercatcher...
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  • he made his tuhi, or mark, on a pohutukawa tree situated on the foreshore, using karamea, a red ochre. The pohutukawa tree of the story still stands today...
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    formed from Waitemata Sandstone. The island is primarily forested by pōhutukawa and karaka trees. Moturemu Island is the only known location where wild...
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    1845 watercolour the summit of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill, with its single pōhutukawa or tōtara tree, that gave the maunga its English name....
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  • New York Shokan by Jay Bargmann in Catskill Mountains, New York Under Pohutukawa by Herbst Architects in New Zealand 3 3 "Coast" Ed St Giles 20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)...
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  • Crimson is a conservation initiative to promote the protection of the pōhutukawa and the rātā which are under threat due to browsing by the introduced...
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  • Gentle Gestapo Man" BBC Sunday Night Theatre George Rawlings Episode: "The Pohutukawa Tree" 1960 Probation Officer First Policeman 1 episode 1960-1962 ITV Television...
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    Maui and may become a pest species. Several cultivars of M. excelsa, the pohutukawa tree of New Zealand, have been sometimes planted as ornamentals in Hawaiʻi...
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  • plant emblems are Koru (a curled fern symbol) and the crimson-flowered Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), also called New Zealand's Christmas tree.[citation...
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    amongst the largest of any rātā, similar in size to both scarlet rātā and pōhutukawa. It occurs almost exclusively in Kauri forests from the northern Kaimai...
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