Tree Classifications

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..

Date posted: 22-Mar-2012

Join the Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi and amateur astronomers on Saturday 28th April for a spe..

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..

Date posted: 27-Feb-2012

Artwork for our Kokako Week event is now being delivered to the Island by our visiting artists a..

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..

Date posted: 23-Dec-2011

Congratulations to Te Koha Waiata and Cloudsley Shovel. After two unsuccessful seasons our found..

Date posted: 14-Dec-2011

The 10th December was a special day on the Island with the arrival of wetapunga on Tiri...

Date posted: 23-Nov-2011

So far this season the kokako team have found the nests of three pairs: Cloudsley Shovel and TKW..

Rapid Shade Producers

Rapid shade producers are species deemed to have the following qualities:

fast growing
able to withstand winds and salt spray

In short provide shelter for other species classed as long term canopy trees so they could become established.

Usually shorter lived than the long term canopy trees.

Māori Name	Botanical Name
pohutukawa	Metrosideros excelsa
karo	Pittisporum crassifolium
ngaio	Myoporum laetum
whau	Entelea arborescens
mahoe	Melicytus ramiflorus
	Coprosma sp.

Note: sp. - denotes species where more than one specific plant in this species is to be used.

Long Term Canopy Trees

These are the long term canopy trees of the forest, the exception being the pohutakawa which is listed as a rapid shade producer because of the speed with which it grows. It ultimately becomes an important member of the long term forest canopy.

Māori name	Botanical Name
karaka	Corynocarpus laevigatus
kohekohe	Dysoxylon spectabile
taraire	Beilschmedia taraire
tawaroa	Beilschmedia tawa
hinau	Eleocarpus dentatus
tawapou	Pouteria costata syn. planchonella
puriri	Vitex lucens
	Sophora sp.
	Pittosporum sp.