Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Mighty coniferous tree, produces gum, straight trunk, biggest example is Tane Mahuta | Kauri | 91%
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Tree with bright yellow spring flowers which tui love to eat nectar from | Kowhai | 91%
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'New Zealand's Christmas tree', covered in large red flowers in summer, multi-trunked | Pohutukawa | 91%
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National symbol, fern fronds have silver underside | Silver Fern / Ponga | 82%
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Tall green sword-like leaves, flower stalks up to 4 metres tall, many uses e.g. baskets, rope | New Zealand Flax / Harakeke | 80%
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Called 'tea tree' by Captain Cook, sharp-tipped leaves, little pink or white flowers in spring | Manuka | 76%
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'White pine', tallest native tree in New Zealand, pale timber has no odour | Kahikatea | 64%
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Only palm native to New Zealand and southernmost member of the palm family, slow-growing | Nikau | 58%
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Tall coniferous tree, long drooping branches, lovely timber, used to be called 'red pine' | Rimu | 40%
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Tall podocarp tree with cones, bark flakes off, short needle-like prickly leaves | Totara | 40%
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Distinctive tree with narrow leaves up to a metre long which are good for kindling | Cabbage Tree / Ti kouka | 33%
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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 | Lancewood / Horoeka | 31%
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Soft woody shrub in the pea family, clusters of stunning red flowers in spring, long seedpods | Kakabeak / Kowhai-ngutukaka | 27%
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'Bushman's friend', large dull green leaves with soft furry undersides can be used as toilet paper | Rangiora | 27%
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Tall tree called 'New Zealand honeysuckle' by early settlers, leathery narrow leaves, small red flowers good for honey production | Rewarewa | 18%
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'New Zealand mahogany', tree with large pink tubular flowers in spring and pink berries which native birds like to eat | Puriri | 13%
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World's largest buttercup, alpine plant with pure white flowers and large glossy leaves that can hold rainwater | Mount Cook Lily | 11%
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Clumping garden plant with soft drooping strappy leaves and masses of starry white flowers on long stalks in spring | Rock Lily / Rengarenga | 7%
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Clumping garden plant with huge round glossy leaves and pale blue spring flowers | Chatham Island Forget-me-not | 4%
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Swordlike leaves, stiff red bottlebrush flower spikes in spring, discovered in 1924 on Northland's offshore island cliffs | Poor Knights Lily | 2%
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