Once found in huge flocks throughout Otago, red-crowned parakeets, kakariki, are now isolated to pockets around the country and on some off-shore islands.
NZ's alpine grasslands are dominated by tussock grasses from the genus Chionochloa. Collectively known as ‘snow tussocks’, the 23 indigenous members range in size and character.
Native to temperate and subtropical regions of South Americ, Azara is a genus of 11 evergreen species. They grow as shrubs or trees between 1m and 8m tall.