Editing Pōhutukawa (section)

==Iconic pōhutukawa==
A giant pōhutukawa at [[Te Araroa (town)|Te Araroa]] on the East Coast is reputed to be the largest in the country, with a height of 20 metres and a spread of {{convert|38|m|ft}}.<ref name="Survival">{{cite web |url=http://www.treesforsurvival.org.nz/resources.cfm |title=Native Plant Information |access-date=2007-03-13 |publisher=Trees for Survival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221193256/http://www.treesforsurvival.org.nz/resources.cfm |archive-date=2008-02-21}}</ref>

A pōhutukawa tree with an estimated age of 180 years known as 'Te Hā'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://localgovernmentmag.co.nz/national-erebus-memorial-project/|title =The tragedy of the National Erebus Memorial project|first=Vaughan|last=Winiata|date=22 April 2021|publisher=NZ Local Government Magazine}}</ref> is fully established at an Auckland City park. 'Te Hā' is the largest urban specimen in the country. Plans to build a monument in honour of victims of the [[Mount Erebus disaster|Erebus Disaster]] in proximity to the tree activated significant local opposition in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/national-erebus-memorial-in-parnell-families-not-united-over-decision/WN3YV6B5X4S42SWJIFJJE65AUA/|title = National Erebus Memorial in Parnell: Families 'not united' over decision|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=5 March 2021|author=Te Rina Triponel}}</ref>