Reduced boat fares for Supporters
Date posted: 13-Apr-2012
From the 360 Discovery Team: 360 Discovery is pleased to be able to offer you a special offer on..
Stars of Tiritiri
Date posted: 22-Mar-2012
Join the Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi and amateur astronomers on Saturday 28th April for a spe..
2012 Photo competition
Date posted: 16-Mar-2012
Yet again we are running our almost famous photo competition on the island so please get your ca..
Ornithology to play at Tiri Kokako Concert
Date posted: 07-Mar-2012
To celebrate our kokako and bring Kokako Week to a fitting climax, we have a great concert lined..
Art for kokako week
Date posted: 27-Feb-2012
Artwork for our Kokako Week event is now being delivered to the Island by our visiting artists a..
Kokako Celebration Week
Date posted: 03-Feb-2012
This year's 'Celebration Week species' is the kokako. Once again, we have the kokako-inspired wo..
Pied Shag - possible new breeding species
Date posted: 29-Dec-2011
Pied Shags are a common sight on Tiritiri Matangi, sometimes feeding on the seas around the Isla..
Kokako Update
Date posted: 23-Dec-2011
Congratulations to Te Koha Waiata and Cloudsley Shovel. After two unsuccessful seasons our found..
Wetapunga on Tiri
Date posted: 14-Dec-2011
The 10th December was a special day on the Island with the arrival of wetapunga on Tiri...
Kokako Update
Date posted: 23-Nov-2011
So far this season the kokako team have found the nests of three pairs: Cloudsley Shovel and TKW..
Botanical Naming
Botanical plant names follow an International code that groups botanically similar plants in a systematic way based on the structure of their flowers. The system allows for four levels of naming; Family, Genus, Species, Cultivar.
The last three levels are used in situations such as plant labels.
A user friendly useful way of relating to botanical naming is to think of the Genus as a surname and the species name as the Christian name.
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For example in the name Metrosideros excelsa (Pohutakawa)
Metrosideros is the Genus (surname) and excelsa is the species (christian name)
Metrosideros excelsa is Pohutakawa or New Zealand Christmas Tree
Metrosideros umbellata is South Island rata
Metrosideros robusta is Northern rata
All scientific names for fauna and flora are either displayed in italics or underlined. The genus is capitalised and the rest of the scientific name is in lower case.
Photography by Stella Friedlander ©