Happy New Year to all our readers. What a great year it’s been for Pohutukawa. Here’s a pic from the Auckland countryside, the type of place that we shouldn’t be ruining with mindless unaffordable sprawl, for a better countryside; grow a better city:

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Thank-you for mentioning the Pohutukawa. On the part of the North Shore where I live they are the most splendid sight ever – a sea of glorious deep red on a soft green background against a deep blue sky/ocean. I think it’s the wrong time to go away on holiday and miss such local beauty and serenity. It doesn’t last long!
Amen to that Patrick, Happy New Year.
beautiful photo, the pohuts are amazing this year