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Botanical illustration of a pōhutukawa sprig by Ellen Cheeseman. Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), [2] also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree, [3] [4] or iron tree, [5] is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow [6] or white [7]) flowers, each consisting of a mass of stamens.
Metrosideros / ˌ m ɛ t r ə ˈ s ɪ d ər ə s,-t r oʊ-/ [3] is a genus of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, and vines in the family Myrtaceae, mostly found in the Pacific region.Most of the tree forms are small, but some are exceptionally large, the New Zealand species in particular.
Landing at the beach at what is now Howick's Cockle Bay, 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, although the mark has since gone. [1] Te Tuhi has been exhibiting in Pakuranga for over 40 years. [3]
Several cultivars of M. excelsa, the pōhutukawa tree of New Zealand, have been sometimes planted as ornamentals in Hawaiʻi but are not reported to have naturalized. Metrosideros polymorpha was originally classified as a variety of M. collina , native to Rarotonga , Tahiti , and other islands of Polynesia , but now is generally accepted as a ...
English: Auckland New Zealand June 30, 2016 Urban Auckland rests on an ancient volcanic field. Look closely at this image from a RapidEye satellite and you’ll find maars (shallow water-filled craters) and cinder cones intermingled with suburban housing developments and city green spaces.
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Pōhutukawa Coast had a population of 9,774 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,833 people (23.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 3,387 people (53.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,261 households, comprising 4,893 males and 4,881 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female, with 2,235 people (22.9%) aged ...