| Editorials were written about the wisdom of planting another imported pine over a native pohutukawa. |
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| The first Labour government, which presided over our centennial celebrations, saw the planting of many a kauri or pohutukawa. |
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| It boasts thermal springs, uncrowded beaches and, in early summer, a riot of crimson-blossomed pohutukawa trees. |
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| When cabbage trees erupt, pohutukawa blaze and the first blowfly of summer sings its siren song, count us out. |
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| From Thames follow the coastal road, overhung by native pohutukawa trees, to historic Coromandel Township. |
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| East of the School of Forestry is what Peter terms a West Coast garden with rimu, kanuka, mountain beech, coprosma, nikau, wineberry, native fuchsia, pohutukawa, and ferns. |
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| In the summer the pohutukawa trees are full of red flowers and the light shines hurtingly bright on the flax. |
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| Rangitoto, a dominating landmark in Auckland's inner harbour, offers spectacular 360 degree views from its summit, fascinating geology and the world's largest pohutukawa forest. |
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| You ll be able to pick out the whales at Kaikoura, the Beehive, the pohutukawa blossom and the fern, among others. |
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| I have planted approximately 50 pohutukawa trees on our property. |
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| In New Zealand, a tree that features on many a Christmas card is Metrosideros excelsa, a member of the myrtle family known to Maori people as pohutukawa. |
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| The walls are wooden panels engraved with maps of New Zealand and lined with images of pohutukawa and other native plants. |
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| A 45min-1 hour walk will take you to two spectacular coves nestled between cliffs covered with sprawling native pohutukawa trees. |
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| Here the land is dry and sandy, the sky a great blue bowl over the low hills, the scrub petering out into white sand beaches fringed with pohutukawa and shining flax. |
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| Images of pohutukawa in bloom and sun sparkling off the water are the basis of countless childhood memories, and considered a right by many Aucklanders. |
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| According to historical accounts, the Christmas tree in Australia was first called Pohutukawa. |
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