Lots growing around the base of an old pine stump.
Blockhouse Bay Recreational Reserve, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland.
120 Mount Albert Rd (MARC), Mount Albert, Auckland 1025.
Some of the best examples of kowhai I have every seen in upper catchment which form a DOC significant natural area that is actively grazed. This narly old specimen was 13.4m high with a DBH of 76cm. Large old pa site on the adjacent hill. Trees growing atop of archaeological layers seen throughout collapsed stream edges.
This 30-mm long male was sheltering in the housing of a security camera at the Sanctuary Mahi Whenua, some 3 m up a tree. This is an Australian species that has not been formally described (Green and Ramsay 2003, N.Z. Entomologist 26: 75-77). https://www.facebook.com/SanctuaryCommunityOrganicGarden/photos/a.979825745423892.1073741828.977483038991496/1642726859133774