Another brick in the case.

Unedited image taken with and uploaded from my smart 'phone.

Left: Alexandra Gillespie with Somaya Langley and Ben Lippmeier - Collars. Right: Tracey Meziane Benson, Estuarine Flows

A pink-flowered type of Manukau.

Family:Myrtaceae

Genus:Leptospermum

Species:L. scoparium

Leptospermum scoparium (Manuka or Tea tree or just Leptospermum) is a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia. It is found throughout New Zealand but is particularly common on the drier east coasts of the North Island and the South Island, and in Australia in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Manuka (from Māori 'mānuka') is the name used in New Zealand, and 'tea tree' is a common name in Australia and to a lesser extent also in New Zealand. This name arose because Captain Cook used the leaves to make a 'tea' drink. The common name "Tea Tree" is also shared with the related Melaleuca tree of Australia suggesting that both were used to make tea by Captain Cook.

It is a prolific scrub-type tree and is often one of the first species to regenerate on cleared land. It is typically a shrub growing to 2-5 m tall, but can grow into a moderately sized tree, up to 15 m or so in height. It is evergreen, with dense branching and small leaves 7-20 mm long and 2-6 mm broad, with a short spine tip. The flowers are white, occasionally pink, 8-15 mm (rarely up to 25 mm) diameter, with five petals. This species is often confused with the closely related species Kānuka - the easiest way to tell the difference between the two species in the field is to feel their foliage - Manuka leaves are prickly while Kanuka leaves are soft. The wood is tough and hard, and was often used for tool handles. Manuka sawdust imparts a delicious flavour when used for smoking meats and fish. Manuka products have high antibacterial potency for a limited spectrum of bacteria and are widely available in New Zealand (usually as manuka honey which is now used in hospitals all over the world, especially for preventing infection and promoting healing in burns). Similar properties led the Māori to use parts of the plant as natural medicine.

Photographed at Otari-Wilton's Bush, Wellington New Zealand

Loading wool bales, Manuka Point Station, 1943

Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe.

Reference number: 1/4-048276-F

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Manuka, on a mission for dead fish

Manuka Pool and Photo Access, Light Painting with Lynn Smith

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domingo

16.12.2010: on the inland track between Anchorage and Torrent Bays, Abel Tasman Track, NZ. This is what makes the honey that now sells at extortionate prices in health food shops.

Pu'o Manuka Heiau, Oahu, Hawaii

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Tracey Meziane Benson, Estuarine Flows

Tea-tree (Leptospermum scoparium) at Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Photographed on 19 January 2010.

www.inaturalist.org/observations/49196145

Female. A little species with prominent pitting in the elytral grooves, living in the sand dunes, presumably feeding on the marram grass.

42 Below Manuka Honey vodka shaken with Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and pressed apple juice, topped with a flash of Absinthe.

Came across a collection of quotes on aging in the grace and wisdom of “late blooming” today, and I liked the way these matched up with a few photos I had yet to share…

“For as I like a young man in whom there is something of the old, so I like an old man in whom there is something of the young.”

— Cicero

Manuka, Hawaii

NAB Cup 2nd round match at Manuka Oval - St Kilda v Geelong.

Dipping sheep, Manuka Point Station, 1943

Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe

Reference number: 1/4-044948-F

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Demountable grandstand, Canberra. phenolic coated plywood platforms, non slip, galvanised steel understructure

May 10th, 2013. Wagon Wheel. Albuquerque, NM.

Pu'o Manuka Heiau, Oahu, Hawaii

Manuka Watson & Son

View of Manuka Oval before the start of play.

Dipping sheep, Manuka Point Station, 1943

Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe

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Enter the unknown.

Dinner time, Manuka Point Station, 1943

Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe

Reference number: 1/4-045899-F

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Plain yoghurt, Manuka 10+ honey, stuff = linseed and brazil nut spread and ginger and nutmeg

Tea-tree (Leptospermum scoparium) at Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Photographed on 19 January 2010.

www.inaturalist.org/observations/49196145