The loneliest tree: Kaikōmako manawatāwhiRākau mokemoke: Kaikōmako manawatāwhi

Saving one of the world’s rarest trees, the kaikōmako manawatāwhi | Three Kings kaikōmako (Pennantia baylisiana): a story of species recovery work for ‘the loneliest tree’ undertaken by Ngāti Kurī and Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

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E whakarauora ana i tētahi o ngā rākau onge o te ao, arā, ko te kaikōmako manawatāwhi: he kōrero mō ngā mahi whakarauora a Ngāti Kurī me Manaaki Whenua mō te ‘rākau mokemoke rawa atu’.

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This project is part of Te Taiao | Nature at Te Papa.

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Dairy farmer Andrew Booth replants and nurtures his family farm, restoring farm water waterways and creating new wetlands with volunteers from the Mangakahia community.

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Bringing back the birds, Predator Free Miramar

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