Story: Hawke’s Bay region

Native vegetation, Lake Waikaremoana

Native vegetation, Lake Waikaremoana

Most of Hawke’s Bay’s very small area of native vegetation is in the western ranges and around Lake Waikaremoana. Conifer–broadleaf forest – mainly northern rātā, rimu, tawa and silver beech – surrounds the lake.

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Kerryn Pollock, 'Hawke’s Bay region - Plants and animals', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/23880/native-vegetation-lake-waikaremoana (accessed 1 June 2023)

Story by Kerryn Pollock, updated 1 Jul 2015