2021 Photo Competition
Date posted: 21-Jan-2021
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Primary School Science Conservation 2020 Award
Date posted: 18-Dec-2020
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Supporters of Tiritiri Inc and Fullers 360 Science Conservation 2020 Award
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2020 Conservation Week
Date posted: 12-Aug-2020
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AGM 2020
Date posted: 25-Jul-2020
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Ferry Resuming July 4th!
Date posted: 01-Jun-2020
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The 2020 Photo Competition Winners
Date posted: 22-May-2020
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Celebrate the Takahe Art Competition
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COVID-19 Important Information
Date posted: 25-Mar-2020
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Date posted: 11-Mar-2020
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Porokaiwhiri
| Botanical name: | Hedycarya arborea |
| Maori name: | Porokaiwhiri |
| Common name: | Pigeonwood |
| Height: | 12 metres |
An erect small tree with thick leathery leaves that have saw toothed margins.
The sexes of Pigeonwood are on different trees. The flowers have a strong aromatic scent.
The fruit is held in clusters of juicy fruits (drupes) which are bright reddish orange when ripe.
A favourite fruit of the native pigeon.
Abundant in lowland to mountain forests. Also found on the Three Kings Islands.
Flowering throughout spring and early summer with the berries from mid spring through summer.
Genus Hedycarya contains about 20 species. The single endemic
New Zealand species grows naturally as far south as Banks Peninsula. The rest of the species occur in New Caledonia and Polynesia.
Hedycarya belongs in an ancient family of plants, Monomiaceae, which means abiding, everlasting. They are composed of tropical to subtropical trees and shrubs, mostly fragrant and in the Southern Hemisphere.
Photography by Peter Craw © (flowers, bottom left), Neil Davies © (leaves, top right) and Warren Brewer © (ripening fruit, bottom right).