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The oldest radiata pine in New Zealand is at Mt Peel Station, South Canterbury. This tree bears a plaque recording that it germinated from a seed in Sydney in 1856 and was planted at Mt Peel in 1859.
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
by Jock Phillips
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