Comments on: Lancewood hunting http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/01/12/lancewood-hunting/ Our place, our voices Fri, 24 May 2013 04:46:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Leon Perrie http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/01/12/lancewood-hunting/#comment-6881 Sun, 09 May 2010 06:21:03 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=1159#comment-6881 Hi Peter,
Pseudopanax ferox is one of my favourite trees. It’s good to hear it is taking over the world! Have you ever seen it self-sowing in Ireland?
I personally don’t know a great deal about Rongoa Maori (i.e., the traditional medicinal usage of NZ plants). However, in case you haven’t already come across them, the following websites might be useful:
* http://www.aoteamoana.co.nz/native/native.html
* http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Maori/Rongoa/ ; the Murdoch Riley book on this page is fairly comprehensive, if you can track it down.
* I think you’d also find this book useful (with the information potentially more accessible) http://www.mwpress.co.nz/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=481
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http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/rongoa-medicinal-use-of-plants/3
* and pages that I didn’t know about from my own institution (!); http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Education/OnlineResources/Matariki/MaoriMedicine/Pages/Harakeke.aspx
Kind regards,
Leon

]]> By: peter cuthbert http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/01/12/lancewood-hunting/#comment-6868 Sat, 08 May 2010 05:14:38 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=1159#comment-6868 hi
We have a number of Pseudopanax incl ferox in our plant collection at Talbot Botanic Gardens at Malahide Castle , Ireland . despite a very cold winter the plants survived and are growing well . As my son lives in New Zealand we visited during 2008 and enjoyed seeing a planting of Pseudopanax ferox at Nelson Airport, we are currently looking to expand our collections of New Zealand plants and would welcome any information you could supply on the usage of Phornium tenax in assocation with Ronoga Maori
Thanks
Peter Cuthbert
Senior Executive Parks Superintendent

]]> By: Leon Perrie http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/01/12/lancewood-hunting/#comment-3322 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:13:29 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=1159#comment-3322 So, then what’s the point of having no backbone if you can’t squish into tight spaces?

]]> By: pamelalovis http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/01/12/lancewood-hunting/#comment-3316 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:50:39 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=1159#comment-3316 I’m sure the colossal squid would love to go on tour, but it wouldn’t want to be squished in the vehicle and the tour logistics could be a bit scary.

Best not.

]]> By: leonperrie http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/01/12/lancewood-hunting/#comment-3315 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:51:30 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=1159#comment-3315 Yes, fierce lancewood is probably as fierce as the colossal squid is colossal…

I think we could get the entire squid in the vehicle, but we might have to squish it in. Do you think it would like to tour?

]]> By: pamelalovis http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/01/12/lancewood-hunting/#comment-3314 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:14:17 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=1159#comment-3314 Fierce lancewood, I love it! Maybe there’s a “Fierce squid” out there somewhere? or is that what’s in the tank?

Oh and I’m sure you could get a medium size squid in that Te Papa vehicle if you tried.

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