Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

pātītī

Meadow rice grass, slender rice grass

Southern Māori say that pātītī, ake-rautaki and other vegetation growing on Takitimu Mountains have a peculiar scent of their own. (Beattie 1920).

Hills round Dunedin harbour covered with trees or rice grass (Shortland 1851).