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white pine

the dried inner bark of Pinus strobus, used as an ingredient in cough syrups.

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The Maori title, Te Rakau o te Uru Kahikatea, refers to PHNs being one of a grove of kahikatea trees.

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Kahikatea, New Zealand's tallest, which can reach 65 metres; karamuramu, the toothache vine; and miro, whose berries were so beloved of pigeons that his ancestors built scaffolding around its trunk, hauling up water troughs and vine nooses to trap them.

Beauty and the furry little beasts: when it comes to natural wonders, New Zealand seems to have it all: mountains, forests, volcanoes, glaciers, lakes, rivers and a whole host of unusual wildlife. But, as Roger Bray discovers, beneath all this spectacular beauty, all is not well

We'll enjoy forests, waterfalls, glaciers, and unique coastal and alpine habitats as we dayhike the beautiful Kahikatea rainforest, World Heritage national parks, and golden sand beaches of the Tasman Sea.

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Soil from an adjacent dairy pasture and indigenous Kahikatea forest (Table 1) was sampled to determine a suitable replication strategy and field sampling protocol.

A sampling strategy to assess the effects of land use on microbial functional diversity in soils

An evaluation of errors in tree age estimates based on increment cores in Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides).

Rates and mechanisms of subalpine forest succession along an environmental gradient

An example is that of the Waipa District Council which has made significant progress in protecting scenic corridors and local remnants of high conservation value, particularly kahikatea stands and peat lakes through a combination of planning controls, voluntary covenants and purchase by the Council of key landscape features.