historical-change
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The Arrowsmith Phoenix Palms. Part 2 Sixty-three years later …
Unless affected by disease or pests, the Phoenix palm can live for 200 to 300 years. This means that even if the first plantings (late 1800s) in New Zealand were still growing they would still be relatively young. There is a strong chance that the oldest specimen would be in Auckland, not too far from…
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In Pohutukawa Town
I’ve lived in Wellington for 30 years now, and when I moved up from Christchurch, fairly claimed to be a ‘garden city’, I was a bit startled by the relative lack of tree planting in the central city. An exception though is the number of pohutukawa you can find either as street trees or planted…
