What is considered the Christmas tree of New Zealand?

When I lived and taught in NZ for 1 year I saw those beautiful trees!

Looks like a bottle brush tree. I have one in my garden in the UK.

I collect Souvenirs from New Zealand called Sovereign Ware . They are green ( small wooden object) and each piece is made up of many small pieces glued up and then shaped into boxes and bowls and cruets and egg cups etc . Every piece has a stamp or label on the bottom listing all the Māori names for the woods in order .

Their common name is bottle brush but NZ has gone back to using indigenous naming of many places and things.

RushMama2112, Yes! In Hawai'i they are called 'Ohi'a Lehua. The most prominent color is red, we also have yellow, pink & orange. Kia ora, Aotearoa!

Yes #Meg I too had bottle brush in my old garden in California. they're beautiful

MissPriss, not always,miss.

Has anyone else noticed that the longest answer is the correct one?

Player #Meg, may look similar but it's a different species 😉

Player #Meg, it's definitely not the same tree. Both are beautiful though.

It’s so often the longest answer!👍

here in Indonesia. Those flowers also growing 🇮🇩

That should read “treen”

RushMama2112, because the ancestors are related to Hawaiian tree

Looks like it's in the same family as the Hawaiian 'ohia tree.