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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.
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 ...
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.
Metrosideros kermadecensis, with common names Kermadec pōhutukawa and New Zealand Christmas bush [1] is an evergreen tree of the myrtle family which is endemic to the volcanic Kermadec Islands about 900 km (560 mi) north-east of New Zealand.
Pohutukawa Trust New Zealand was founded in 1992 by Ray Weaver and other private landowners who own 90% of the island, "to rehabilitate the native flora and fauna of Kawau Island". [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Until then it was considered hopeless to reverse the considerable ecological damage caused by the introduced animal and plant species, and Kawau was ...
Beachlands is located adjacent to the Tāmaki Strait, in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, 20 kilometres east of the Auckland City Centre.Beachlands has a number of bays and beaches, including Sunkist Bay, Pohutukawa Bay, View Bay and Shelly Bay, and is west of the Ōmana Regional Park.
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 south of Pōhutukawa Bay Beach is Granny's Bay Beach, and a little further south is Long Bay Regional Park.
Waihi Beach is a coastal town at the western end of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island. It lies 10 kilometres to the east of the town of Waihi, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula. The main beach is 10 kilometres long. The town had a permanent population of 2,860 as of June 2024.