Kowhai seeds were gathered from the Waikato river bank just south of Te Awa reserve. For those that may be interested in getting their own you drive down Pencarrow Road, which is left off the Hamilton airport road from Tamahere, just before you go over the bridge. Te Awa road is off to the right. You can park at the reserve and walk down to the river on a track. Go south (up river) a little further than the end of the track and there are three very old Kowhai trees half way up the bank. At this time of the year pods could be collected off the ground. Earlier in the year you would need a poll with a hook to get the pods off the trees.
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