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pohutukawa

(pəˌhuːtəˈkɑːwə)
n
(Plants) a myrtaceous New Zealand tree, Metrosideros excelsa, with red flowers and hard red wood
[from Māori]
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Myrtle rust has been detected for the first time on the West Coast on a young pohutukawa plant, Biosecurity New Zealand (a branch of the Ministry for Primary Industries) confirmed.
New Zealand : First confirmed myrtle rust case on West Coast
Speaking at the NZNO awards dinner, kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku said the award itself, of Oamaru stone, pounamu and pohutukawa, was "not just an artefact--it carries with it the energy and lifeforce of its recipients".
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Experts are coming to assess the damage to Pohutukawa trees by newly arrived myrtle rust, sample volcanic gases, and check meteorological equipment.
Never on Sunday: When author Lydia Syson set a historical novel on a Pacific island in the remote Kermadecs, the last thing she imagined was that she'd one day see it for herself
And with The Pohutukawa Tree, which was given a workshop presentation by the New Zealand Players in 1957, a television production by the BBC in 1959 and a radio production in New Zealand in 1960, before it began to have a ubiquitous life on New Zealand's amateur stages, Mason produced his definitive melodrama of the 'social real', the inherent conflict in the colonial story between Maori and Pakeha.
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Much of the distinctive fauna of the fynbos in the Western Cape of South Africa is either extinct or is endangered by introduced species such as the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha) from Australia and the pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) from New Zealand.
Aeolian empires: The influence of winds and currents on European maritime Expansion in the days of sail
The night was tight-lipped, the moon, Methuselah-hag, shuffled across the mudflats on her sticks of pohutukawa. Crabs!
Fire!
Se celebran durante el verano y principalmente en torno al Pohutukawa, un arbol que florece en diciembre y reemplaza al tradicional arbol navideno.
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Nowadays, students do not study Bruce Mason's The Pohutukawa Tree, but New Zealand's highest grossing film, Boy.
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Phenology of inflorescence development in pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa, Myrtaceae).
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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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According to historical accounts, the Christmas tree in Australia was first called Pohutukawa. The European immigrants were the very first people to have assembled Christmas trees in the country.
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At Mahurangi Island, the vegetation is long grass with patches of bracken, gorse and large areas of regenerating native plant species such as manuka (Leptospermum scoparium), karo (Pittosporum crassifolium) and pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa).
Effective monitoring of arboreal giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha and D. mahoenui; Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) using footprint tracking tunnels

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