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Kōrero: Seaweed

Bull kelp

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Bull kelp

Shown here growing near Kaikōura, bull kelp or rimurapa is the dominant seaweed of exposed rocky coasts around New Zealand and the subantarctic islands. Its thick flexible stipe supports a spongy broad blade that is usually divided into narrow straps.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Maggy Wassilieff, Seaweed – Kelp, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4608/bull-kelp (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.