DSC_6611 Southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata) Zhemera, Lilly, and Ryker plant a rata tree at school for 'Project Crimson' on Otago Peninsula *
DSC_0566 Northern rata (Metrosideros robusta) common in lower altitude forests throughout the North Island, and northern South Island. Typically smallish flowers on a large forest tree in north Westland *
DSC_8385 Northern rata (Metrosideros robusta) extreme close-up of typically smallish flowers tightly bunched on a tree from north Westland *