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Harakeke at Dunedin Botanical Gardens

A close up of harakeke plants at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens, NZ

A close up of a harakeke plant at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. The collection was gifted to the Garden over 100 years ago and is a taonga for the Kāi Tahu iwi.

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