DSC_7266 Leatherwood, Mutton-bird scrub, or tupare (Macrolearia colensoi var. colensoi) small, purple flowers, arranged in a spike. A bushy leathery shrub, in places forming impenetrable thickets in subalpine areas or at sea level in far south. Hoho Bay, Snares Islands *
11011-85022 Ngaio (Myoporum laetum) a solitary old tree frames a view of Otago Peninsula farmland with Papanui Inlet at low tide behind *
DSC_4667 Ngaio (Myoporum laetum) a solitary old tree against the sky. Ngaio, Wellington *