New Zealand Stinging Nettle or Ongaonga (Urtica ferox) growing healthy at Hay's Reserve, Pigeon Bay, near Christchurch, November 2016. [Urtica ferox 001 PigeonBay-SI-NZ 2016-11]
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![New Zealand Stinging Nettle or Ongaonga (Urtica ferox) growing healthy at Hay's Reserve, Pigeon Bay, near Christchurch, November 2016. [Urtica ferox 001 PigeonBay-SI-NZ 2016-11]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-KRBpf4H/2/b5ce0a3d/L/Urtica%20ferox%20001%20PigeonBay-SI-NZ%202016-11-L.jpg)
![Seven-finger, or Pate (Schefflera digitata) growing at Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsular, November 2016. [Schefflera digitata 004 PigeonBay-SI-NZ 2016-11]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-FNhnBmZ/1/cb992929/Ti/Schefflera%20digitata%20004%20PigeonBay-SI-NZ%202016-11-Ti.jpg)
![Five-finger, or Puahou (Pseudopanax arboreus) at Glentui, Canterbury, November 2016. [Pseudopanax arboreus 013 Glentui-SI-NZ 2016-11]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-tFM4638/1/cac93ec5/Ti/Pseudopanax%20arboreus%20013%20Glentui-SI-NZ%202016-11-Ti.jpg)
![Wineberry or Makomako (Aristotelia serrata) at Glentui Bush west of Christchurch, November 2016. [Aristotelia serrata 001 Glentui-SI-NZ 2016-11]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-dJWkGzH/1/4de20d68/Ti/Aristotelia%20serrata%20001%20Glentui-SI-NZ%202016-11-Ti.jpg)
![A Titoki tree seedling (Alectryon excelsus) at Hay's Reserve in Pigeon Bay near Christchurch, December 2016. [Alectryon excelsus 001 PigeonBay-SI-NZ 2016-11]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-vbk88Nk/1/ac4c500e/Ti/Alectryon%20excelsus%20001%20PigeonBay-SI-NZ%202016-11-Ti.jpg)
![New Zealand Stinging Nettle or Ongaonga (Urtica ferox) growing healthy at Hay's Reserve, Pigeon Bay, near Christchurch, November 2016. [Urtica ferox 001 PigeonBay-SI-NZ 2016-11]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-KRBpf4H/2/b5ce0a3d/Ti/Urtica%20ferox%20001%20PigeonBay-SI-NZ%202016-11-Ti.jpg)
![Leaves of the New Zealand Stinging Nettle or Ongaonga (Urtica ferox) growing at Hay's Reserve, Pigeon Bay, near Christchurch, November 2016. [Urtica ferox 004 PigeonBay-SI-NZ 2016-11]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-n4nLQBv/1/0f18b0b4/Ti/Urtica%20ferox%20004%20PigeonBay-SI-NZ%202016-11-Ti.jpg)
![Tutu (Coriaria arborea) at Glentui, near Christchurch, December 2016. [Coriaria arborea 001 Glentui-SI-NZ 2016-11]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-n7pfmdM/1/63871c83/Ti/Coriaria%20arborea%20001%20Glentui-SI-NZ%202016-11-Ti.jpg)
![Little Blue Penguin or Korora (Eudyptula minor) in the Bay of Islands, Northland, December 2016. [Eudyptula minor 001 BayOfIslands-NZ 2016-12]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-H5nCBGk/1/22180511/Ti/Eudyptula%20minor%20001%20BayOfIslands-NZ%202016-12-Ti.jpg)
![Little Blue Penguin or Korora (Eudyptula minor) in the Bay of Islands, Northland, December 2016. [Eudyptula minor 006 BayOfIslands-NZ 2016-12]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-nJVjwPQ/1/20f919a3/Ti/Eudyptula%20minor%20006%20BayOfIslands-NZ%202016-12-Ti.jpg)
![New Zealand Dabchick, or New Zealand Grebe, or Weweia in the Maori language (Poliocephalus rufopectus) at Blue Lake near Rotorua, January 2017. [Poliocephalus rufopectus 011 BlueLake-NZ 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-pszhKTk/1/cccc7b4c/Ti/Poliocephalus%20rufopectus%20011%20BlueLake-NZ%202017-01-Ti.jpg)