kanuka

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noun Kunzea ericoides, the white tea tree of Australia and New Zealand, which can grow at high altitudes and in close proximity to geothermal features such as fumaroles.

Māori.

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In the Taupo volcanic zone there are at least 18 well defined geothermal areas with a very specialized and endemic flora; some species, like the prostrate kanuka (Kunzea ericoides microflorum), can grow only in geothermal areas.

Northland temperate forests 2008
Prior to human arrival the drier central regions of Otago probably had a cover of low conifer-broadleaf forest made up of species like mountain toatoa (Phyllocladus alpinus), Hall's totara (Podocarpus hallii), broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis), and kanuka (Kunzea ericoides).

Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands 2007
Metallic geometric shapes reflect the surrounding kanuka trees, giant windmills rise up from a farm hillside and corrugated forms float on a picture-perfect lake like wood shavings on the workshop floor.

Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By TODD MURRAY 2009
The common broadleaf tree species in mixed kauri forest include: tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides), towai (Weinmannia silvicola), kanuka (Kunzea ericoides), rewarewa (Knightia excelsa), and hinau (Elaeocarpus dentatus).

Northland temperate kauri forests 2008
The taller ones with softer, feathery leaves are kanuka — same family.’

The Rich Man's Royal Mistress Donald, Robyn 2006
The taller ones with softer, feathery leaves are kanuka — same family.’

The Rich Man's Royal Mistress Donald, Robyn 2006