Kaikōmako

Karakia by Matua Koro te Pania for the hikoi carrying kaikōmako (pennantia) up to the Far North to Ngāti Kuri where they will be welcomed on to Te Hiku o te Ika, Ngataki. One of the worlds rarest trees has had a stay of execution after the late Ross Beever worked out a way to encourage the fruiting of a pennantia which only has one tree left in the wild on Manawatāwhi in the Three Kings Islands. The fruit bore seeds whcih have been grown into trees and the taonga have been returned to Ngāti Kuri by Manaaki Whenua. Image for Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research by Brad White.

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