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	Podcast:		RNZ: Our Changing World
	Episode:		Resurrecting Wellington's Flowers of the Underworld
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:26:20
	Publish Date:		2025-11-10 16:00:00
	Description:		Until late 2024, nobody had seen te pua o Te Rēinga “the flower of the underworld” in the Wellington region for more than a hundred years. A chance discovery of a small struggling population has kick started a race to protect the plants and help them return. *Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more.* Learn more: First Up interviewed Avi Holzapfel about Te Pua o Te Rēinga in 2024 In 2020, OCW looked at efforts to resurrect a transplanted population of Te Pua o Te Rēinga at Zealandia. Graeme Atkins is also one of the driving forces behind an effort to help the ngutukākā plant return to the wild, plus the 1769 Garden – a living library of rare local East Coast native plant species. Guests: Graeme Atkins (Ngāti Purou, Rongomawahine) Barrett Pistoll – Greater Wellington Regional Council Avi Holzapfel – Department of Conservation Rhys Mills - Ngā Manu Nature Reserve Bart Cox – Wellington City Council Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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