The polarising lives of cabbage trees: New Zealand's widespread native exportSTUFF Cabbage trees - love them, or hate them? Cabbage trees are among New Zealand's most widespread native exports, but they cop more than their fair share of hate in their home country. IAIN MCGREGOR/STUFF Cabbage trees, or tī kōuka, line the banks of Christchurch's Heathcote River. "Cabbage trees are symbolic of a no-nonsense society, they're practical, they're sensible, they're brave, they're creative, they're good-looking and they're useful," Simpson said. "There's no other New Zealand plant that is so widespread as the cabbage tree," Simpson said.

Source: Stuff March 05, 2018 06:31 UTC