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'White pine', tallest native tree in New Zealand, pale timber has no odour
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Kahikatea
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Mighty coniferous tree, produces gum, straight trunk, biggest example is Tane Mahuta
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Kauri
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Tree with bright yellow spring flowers which tui love to eat nectar from
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Kowhai
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Distinctive tree with narrow leaves up to a metre long which are good for kindling
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Cabbage Tree / Ti kouka
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Called 'tea tree' by Captain Cook, sharp-tipped leaves, little pink or white flowers in spring
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Manuka
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'New Zealand's Christmas tree', covered in large red flowers in summer, multi-trunked
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Pohutukawa
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Tall green sword-like leaves, flower stalks up to 4 metres tall, many uses e.g. baskets, rope
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New Zealand Flax / Harakeke
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Tall podocarp tree with cones, bark flakes off, short needle-like prickly leaves
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Totara
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Clumping garden plant with huge round glossy leaves and pale blue spring flowers
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Chatham Island Forget-me-not
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National symbol, fern fronds have silver underside
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Silver Fern / Ponga
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Soft woody shrub in the pea family, clusters of stunning red flowers in spring, long seedpods
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Kakabeak / Kowhai-ngutukaka
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'Bushman's friend', large dull green leaves with soft furry undersides can be used as toilet paper
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Rangiora
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Only palm native to New Zealand and southernmost member of the palm family, slow-growing
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Nikau
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Tall tree called 'New Zealand honeysuckle' by early settlers, leathery narrow leaves, small red flowers good for honey production
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Rewarewa
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'New Zealand mahogany', tree with large pink tubular flowers in spring and pink berries which native birds like to eat
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Puriri
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Tall coniferous tree, long drooping branches, lovely timber, used to be called 'red pine'
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Rimu
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World's largest buttercup, alpine plant with pure white flowers and large glossy leaves that can hold rainwater
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Mount Cook Lily
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Swordlike leaves, stiff red bottlebrush flower spikes in spring, discovered in 1924 on Northland's offshore island cliffs
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Poor Knights Lily
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Clumping garden plant with soft drooping strappy leaves and masses of starry white flowers on long stalks in spring
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Rock Lily / Rengarenga
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Unique small tree, juveniles have thin trunk with long narrow stiff brown leaves jutting out from top, adults have shorter wider leaves in a rounded crown
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Lancewood / Horoeka
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