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Kōrero: Conifer–broadleaf forests

Auckland Islands forest

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Auckland Islands forest

The southernmost limit of New Zealand’s forest is on the subantarctic Auckland Islands. On Enderby Island, southern rātā (Metrosideros umbellata) forms a low forest up to 9 metres tall.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10060056

by Andrew Maloney

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Dawson, Conifer–broadleaf forests – Coastal forest, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11673/auckland-islands-forest (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Dawson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.