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    • Scientist and harakeke flax plants at Dunedin Botanic Gardens.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 29 February 2012 Size: 93 KB Referencing Hub media

    Dr Bronwyn Lowe assesses one of the plants in the harakeke collection at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. The collection was gifted to the Garden over 100 years ago and is a taonga for the Kāi Tahu iwi.

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