New Zealand native plant, flower and fungi earrings

Dimensions: approx 20mm high x 25mm wide

Commonly known as the NZ Christmas tree due to it’s flowers making the entire tree appear red during the summer. It is a coastal tree that sprouts aerial roots that can spread to find any crack or crevice where it can get nutrition or water.

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Dimensions: approx 35mm high x 30mm wide

There are 7 clematis species native to NZ. Traditionally the flowering of clematis indicated that spring had started.

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Dimensions: approx 22mm high x 17mm wide

Poroporo berries are poisonous when green but safe to eat when ripe. They were often planted intentionally around villages to be eaten as fruit.

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Dimensions: approx 35mm high x 25mm wide

Kākā beak / kōwhai ngutu-kākā

There are only two species, which are only found in NZ and both are seriously threated with extinction in the wild. Māori used kākā beak to feed caged tūī in order to use these captive birds as a lure to entice and trap others wild birds for food.

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Dimensions: approx 10mm high x 10mm wide

Traditionally the oil extracted from Pittosporum tenuifolium was used as a perfume, due to its pleasant fragrance and medicinal properties.

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Dimensions: approx 10mm high x 10mm wide

Bees make 22,700 individual trips to manuka flowers to collect enough nectar for one 500g jar of manuka honey. A single bee may only collect enough nectar to make 1.4g of honey in their lifespan, but a hive can have 20,000-80,000 worker bees.

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Dimensions: approx 25mm high x 15mm wide

Kōwhai are sometimes referred to as our national flower and the 9 species provide an abundance of food to our native nectar feeders. The flowers were traditionally used to create a yellow dye, hence the Māori name for yellow is kōwhai.

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Dimensions: approx 15mm high x 15mm wide

Is a giant mega herb, that can reach over 1m tall. It is threatened in the wild, but can be found in private flower gardens across NZ.

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Dimensions: approx 30mm high x 15mm wide

According to the stories from the Tūhoe iwi, the North Island kōkako gets its blue wattle by rubbing its cheek against the mushroom. Hence the name, werewere-kōkako.

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Dimensions: approx 15mm high x 15mm wide

Ngaio’s leaves are dotted with oil glands that are full of a strong toxin. This toxin makes their leaves and berries highly poisonous. However, the oil can be extracted and used for medicinal purposes.

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