Trees of New Zealand

Known as Te Aroha and said to be over 800 years old, this tree resides on Cape Reinga, which in Maori legend is the final departure point for the spirits of the dead.

A tree stolen from Samuel Oates in the 1850s and planted in what was to become the grounds of St Luke's Anglican Church in Greytown.

A row of phoenix palms planted on Bow Street in Raglan in the 1920s.

Growing up with the nation - Norfolk Island pine planted in the Waitangi Treaty House Garden in 1836 by Agnes Busby, wife of the first governor of New Zealand.

Ratanui, New Zealand's largest rata, in Bushy Park, South Taranaki, estimated to be between 500 and 1000 years old.

The Wooing Tree in Central Otago where locals proposed marriage.

Californian natives exposed to the weather off Foveaux Strait on Slope Point on the south-western edge of the Catlins.

The tree that refused to die - Ombu tree in Albert Park in Central Auckland, which was established in the 1880s.

Planted around 1850 in Pahi when it was a thriving port on Kaipara Harbour.

Queenstown Gardens