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Planting pīngao

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Planting pīngao

Department of Conservation workers in Otago show how to plant native pīngao to restore dunes. In most of New Zealand, introduced marram grass, which is green, has replaced pīngao, which is almost orange.

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Carl Walrond, Dune lands – Dune lands today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14054/planting-pingao (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.