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Launching Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā Festival - celebrating a taonga flower that once made the whole East Cape turn red
Graeme Aktins has been championing ngutukākā for a long time and no doubt helped it achieve recognition in as the Favourite Native Plant in 2023. Graeme and… Read more
Posted: 13/08/2024
Tiny native, one of the rarest plants in the world, grows in Christchurch
From a distance, it looks like moss. But the pygmy button daisy is one of rarest plants in New Zealand - and therefore the world. In the wild, it grows in… Read more
Posted: 29/07/2024
The July 2024 issue of Trilepidea is now available
Read about the upcoming NZPCN Conference in Whangarei, why tag-name (putative) species are not included on the NZPCN website and how to find out more about… Read more
Posted: 26/07/2024
Threatened native plant species the key to unlocking a climate-resilient future, even if not ‘cute and cuddly’
From hiking through crocodile-infested habitats to traversing mountains and flying a helicopter to the side of a cliff, it would be easy to think Brendan Espe… Read more
Posted: 26/07/2024
Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants’ scientific names
As part of the 'gruelling' six-day session of the International Botanical Congress in Madrid, botanical researchers have voted to elimate the names of certain… Read more
Posted: 23/07/2024