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Kōrero: Taranaki places

Blooms in the bush

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By 1954 the Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust had 2,000 members throughout New Zealand. The film clip shows trust members visiting Pukeiti gardens in the spring of that year.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Pictorial Parade 158. National Film Unit, 1964

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ron Lambert, Taranaki places – Te Papa Kura o Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park), Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/25933/blooms-in-the-bush (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ron Lambert, i tāngia i te 23 February 2010, updated 1 September 2016.