Pohutukawa (dzina lachilengedwe la Metrosideros excelsa) ndilo mtengo wodziwika kwambiri wa New Zealand. Amapezeka pafupifupi paliponse pamphepete mwa nyanja ya kumpoto kwa chilumba cha kumpoto, kumpoto kwa mzere wochokera ku Gisborne kupita ku New Plymouth komanso m'mapokera ozungulira Rotorua, Wellington komanso pamwamba pa South Island. Iyenso yaperekedwa ku mbali zina za Australia, South Africa, ndi California.
Mtengo Wosasinthika
Mtengo uli ndi mphamvu zodabwitsa zokhazikika pamapiri ndi mapiri ndikukula m'malo ena omwe sungatheke (pali mitengo ina ya pohutukawa pa White Island pachilumba cha White Island ku Bay of Plenty). Icho chikugwirizana kwambiri ndi chikhalidwe china cha New Zealand, the rata.
Kutanthauzidwa kuchokera ku Maori, pohutukawa amatanthauza "kuwaza ndi utsi", zomwe ziri zoonekeratu kutanthauza kuti nthawi zambiri zimapezeka m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
Kuwonjezera pa kupereka mthunzi wolandiridwa ku nyanja ya New Zealand chilimwe, kuyaka kwa maluŵa ofiira omwe amapanga kuyambira November mpaka January wapatsa pohutukawa chizindikiro cha "Mtengo wa Khirisimasi wa New Zealand". Ndithudi, kwa mibadwo ya kiwis, pohutukawa maluwa ndi chimodzi mwa zizindikiro zazikulu pa nyengo ya tchuthi ya Khirisimasi. Pali mitundu yambiri ya pohutukawa, yopanga maluwa osiyanasiyana, achikasu, ndi pichesi.
Mtengo umadziwikiranso chifukwa cha maluwa ake ovuta; Mbali zosiyana za mtengo womwewo zimatha kukhala maluwa nthawi zosiyana.
M'zaka zaposachedwa pohutukawa wakhala akuopsezedwa ndi zinyama, makamaka possum. Nyama imeneyi imatengedwa kuchokera ku Australia m'zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazo ndipo yawononga kwambiri nkhalango za New Zealand.
Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi mitengo ina, possum imadyetsa masamba a pohutukawa, kuichotsa. Kuyesera kwakukulu kukuchitika kuti kuchepetsa manambala a proprium koma amakhalabe oopsya nthawi zonse.
Mtengo waukulu kwambiri wa World Pohutukawa
Ku Te Araroa kumphepete mwakummawa kwa North Island, pafupi ndi 170 km kuchokera ku Gisborne, ndi pohutukawa yapadera kwambiri. Ndi mtengo waukulu kwambiri wa pohutukawa padziko lapansi. Chimaima mamita 21 kutalika ndipo pamtali wake mamita makumi awiri. Mtengo umatchedwa "Te-Waha-O-Rerekohu" ndi Maori akumeneko ndipo akuyenera kuti ali ndi zaka zopitirira 350. Dzinali limachokera ku dzina la mfumu yamba, Rerekohu, yemwe ankakhala kudera lino.
Pohutukawa iyi imayimilira pa sukulu yapafupi, pafupi ndi nyanja ya mtauni. Zikuwonekera kuchokera mumsewu ndipo ndi "kuwona" pa ulendo wozungulira East Cape kuchokera ku Opotiki kupita ku Gisborne . Sichikuyang'aniranso ndi malo oyang'ana ku East Cape ndi nyumba yotentha, yomwe imakhala kumadzulo kwambiri ku New Zealand.
Mwina mtengo wotchedwa pohutukawa ku New Zealand uli pamphepete mwa chigawo cha kumpoto kwenikweni kwa dziko, Cape Reinga . Malo awa ndi ofunika kwambiri auzimu kwa anthu a Maori. Amadziwika kuti "malo okudumphira", izi ndizo, malinga ndi chikhulupiliro cha Maori, komwe mzimu umayamba ulendo wopita ku Hawaiki, kwawo kwawo.
Pohutukawa sichikuwoneka kunja kwa New Zealand. Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, mtengo wa pohutukawa ndiwo uli pampikisano wotsimikizira kuti Captain Cook mwina sangakhale woyamba ku Ulaya kuti alowe ku New Zealand. Mu mzinda wa La Corunna , womwe uli m'mphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Spain, pali pohutukawa yaikulu imene anthu am'deralo amakhulupirira ali pafupi zaka 500. Ngati ndi choncho, izo zisanachitike ku Cook ku New Zealand mu 1769, akatswiri ena amakhulupirira kuti mtengowo ukhoza kukhala ndi zaka 200 zokha. Zirizonse za msinkhu wake, mtengowo wakhaladi chizindikiro cha maluwa.
Kulikonse kumene mungapite kumpoto kwa chilumba cha North Island, pohutukawa ndiwopambana kwambiri ndi nyanja ya New Zealand. Ndipo ngati muli pano pafupi ndi Khrisimasi mudzaona maluwa ake abwino kwambiri.