We're a family owned and operated business, conveniently located forty minutes north of Wellington at Otaihanga. We specialise in native New Zealand plants grown to the highest of standards and quality, at very competitive prices.

90% of our plants are sourced from the Wellington region, which means they're already well used to the Kāpiti climate and growing conditions, well hardened off at the time of sale, and ready to happily grow in your garden. All our plants are propagated and/or grown on right here at the nursery.

Though our main focus is natives, we keep popular ornamentals in stock too, so every gardener leaves with what they came for. Come and talk through your plans with our experienced staff, or we can come to you. Planning, landscaping and planting: in effect, a one-stop shop for the whole garden.

The distinctive logo on our website is based on Moriori rākau momori (living tree engravings). These unique rākau momori are internationally rare with only about 50 or so on kōpi (karaka) trees on Rēkohu (Chatham Islands). Prior to 1835 more than 1,000 were to be found on kōpi trees all around the two main islands of Rēkohu. Many of the images are portraits, possibly representations of loved ones who passed away. Others depict scenes of the natural life of the islands and are characterised by a lively, asymmetrical artistic style.

It is not known exactly how the bark impressions were made. Most do not cut through the bark and appear to be permanent embossings or brands on the bark. Today Hokotei is working with local artists to revive the process of engraving living trees.

We have used this logo with the blessing of Hokotehi Moriori Trust – the representative body for Moriori but stress that copies or other forms of replication of Moriori art need to have the sanction of Hokotehi, as these images are Moriori intellectual and cultral property.

The reason we chose to use the Moriori logo for our brand is that my great great great grandmother was a Moriori from the Chatham Islands, from what we are able to ascertain she married a Whaler and left the Chatham Islands and later settled in Napier. Unfortunately she changed her name to Maryanne and in later years the family destroyed all evidence of her Moriori origins. It is only in this generation that we have been given the opportunity to explore our families Moriori heritage. So we use this image to show our respect to Maryanne and our families Moriori heritage. We thank the Hokotehi Moriori Trust for allowing us to use this logo.

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