11517 NZ Christmas Tree
        
      
      The Pohutukawa Tree (Metrosideros excelsa). Pohutukawa [po-hoo-too-car-wa] means “splashed by spray” or ‘drenched with mist’ in Maori.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
    Wellington
  
  
  
  
    
  
    2004/12 December 2004