2018 Concert coming up soon
Date posted: 15-Feb-2018
Our 2018 concert will feature an afternoon of light classics and jazz courtesy of the Auckland Ph..
Wetapunga talk coming soon
Date posted: 05-Feb-2018
For the Social on 19 March the speaker will be Ben Goodwin of Auckland Zoo, who will talk about t..
Rat caught and now takahe released from pens
Date posted: 28-Jan-2018
Thankfully DOC staff Andre de Graaf and Polly Hall and their assistants have trapped the rat whic..
Your Christmas Shopping for a Song
Date posted: 04-Dec-2017
Aka - The Grand Christmas Shopping Expedition to Tiritiri Matangi Island Shop
Dreading..
2018 Photo Comp opens for entries
Date posted: 27-Nov-2017
The 2018 Photo Competition is now open for entries. Click here (/2018-photo-competition-tiritiri-mat..
New reports on ruru nesting and Island conservation
Date posted: 02-Oct-2017
Two new reports have been added to the website.
The first gives details of a summer students..
2018 calendars now available
Date posted: 27-Sep-2017
Our latest calendar, beautifully illustrated with images taken on the Island, is now available fo..
Guided walks for photographers
Date posted: 21-Jun-2017
For a wonderful day of wildlife photography please join us on Tiritiri Matangi Island for a Ph..
Ferry discounts for Supporters
Date posted: 18-May-2017
Tiritiri Matangi Island, the perfect winter's day trip. The birds are at their best, warm up w..
More kiwi for the Island
Date posted: 04-Apr-2017
In 1993 and 1995, sixteen little spotted kiwi were released on Tiritiri Matangi Island. The ma..
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).