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pingao
pingao (ˈpiːŋaɔ) Also pingau. [Maori.] A New Zealand sedge, Desmoschœnus spiralis, with creeping underground stems which help to stabilize sand-dunes.1855 J. D. Hooker Flora Novæ-Zelandiæ I. 272 Desmoschœnus spiralis... Nat[ive] name, ‘Pingao’. 1905 W. B. Where White Man Treads 2 White seashore sand... Oxford English Dictionary
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Tukutuku
The materials for this weaving are narrow strips of kiekie or harakake, some died black and the coastal plant pingao as yellow colour. wikipedia.org
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tuku-tuku
tuku-tuku N.Z. (ˈtʊkʊˈtʊkʊ) Also (as one word) tukutuku, tuku tuku. [Maori.] (See quots. 1946 and 1958.)1936 [see kakaho]. 1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. June 160 Tukutuku, ornamental lattice-work of toetoe-reeds (kakaho) cross-laced in various patterns with narrow strips of flax and pingao: a panel of ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Long Bay Regional Park
The beach area is backed with sand dunes, which include restoration areas of pingao and spinifex. wikipedia.org
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kakaho
‖ kakaho N.Z. (ˈkɑːkɑːhɔː) [Maori.] a. The dry flower-stalk of the toetoe raupo (Arundo conspicua), used for thatching and the making of mats and cloaks. b. From its use for cloaks, a general term for clothing.1832 A. Earle Narr. Residence N.Z. (1966) 59 They were clothed in mats, called Ka-ka-hoos.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Omaha, New Zealand
Local council in last two decades had been placing various groups of plant to stabilize the dunes, including Spinifex, pingao, iceplant and marram grass wikipedia.org
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Flax in New Zealand
Traditional Māori uses Textiles Although the Māori made textiles from a number of other plants, including tī kōuka, tōī, pingao, kiekie, toetoe and the wikipedia.org
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Ship Creek (New Zealand)
Notable vegetation in the dunes includes the sedge pingao which binds sand. Flax grows at the outer limit of the areas of low scrub and forest. wikipedia.org
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sand
▪ I. † sand, n.1 Obs. Forms: 1–2 sand, sond, 3–6 sand(e, sond(e, 3 saand, sund, 5 saande, sonnd, sound(e, soonde, sownde, 4–5 Sc. saynd(e. [OE. sand, sǫnd str. fem., f. OTeut. *sand- in *sandjan to send.] 1. The action of sending; that which is sent, a message, present; (God's) dispensation or ordin... Oxford English Dictionary
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Maureen Lander
These include pingao and feathers, but most of all harakeke (New Zealand flax) in all its forms – its leaves, its handsome flower and seed heads, the seeds Strands of pingao fibre, stitched into the fabric lining at the back of the case, form inverted U-shapes representing the raised eyebrows of Tane (god wikipedia.org
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Whitireia Park
The dunes at the bay are also being planted with spinifex, pingao, shore spurge, sand tussock, sand daphne and native iris, where native insects and lizards wikipedia.org
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Ficinia spiralis
References External links Pīngao discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 3 June 2016 Objects made from pingao in the collection of the Museum of New wikipedia.org
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Mangawhai Harbour
Flora and fauna The sandspit at the mouth of the harbour has spinifex and pingao, and is a home for many migratory bird species, such as Caspian terns wikipedia.org
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Coastline of New Zealand
Marram grass was planted for dune stabilisation displacing native plants such as Pingao. wikipedia.org
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Lyall Bay
Thousands of pingao and other plants were planted to hold the sand in place. wikipedia.org
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