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New Zealand flax snail was created in 1908.
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Phormium tenax is a New Zealand flax, and there are several species, each with their own character and use.
There are two species of Phormium indigenous to New Zealand; Phormium tenax is known as New Zealand Flax and Phormium cookianum (Mountain Flax ).There are however, a number of named cultivars particularly of P. tenax - apparently over 200!
NZ Flax is a more or less permanent plant, and continues to multiply, by dividing at the base for a long time - certainly decades.
A Piupiu is a flax skirt traditionally worn by Maori males.
piupiu is the name of the flax skirt worn by the Maori.
they came to hunt seals and whales, to collect flax and timber, and as missionaries
Pupu Harakeke is the Flax Snail (Placastylus ambagiasus).
In New Zealand the native maori colours are red, black and white.
Flax (Linum spp.) is a dicot, New Zealand flax Phormium spp. is a monocot
New Zealand native geckos such as green geckos, forest geckos and yellow geckos eat insects eg: Flies, Moths, Spiders etc. But they will supplement it with fruit (ie: from mahoe) and nectar (ie: from flax flowers) when it is available. Hope this Helped :)