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Harekeke By The Sea
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Harekeke is the plant in the foreground (NZ Flax, Phormium tenax) It thrives in coastal areas and can reach 3 metres in height.

Maori Proverb:
'Tungia te ururua, kia tupu whakaritorito te tupu o te harakeke.
Set fire to the scrub that the flax plants may shoot forth young evergreen shoots.
Meaning: Clear off the old and bad that the new and good may grow vigorously.' (Colenso 1880)

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