Kiwi Culture in Bloom

The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum held a ‘New Zealand Day’ in May, to “celebrate the mix of culture and botanical diversity of NZ through music, against the backdrop of its various plant collections.” Events included food and wine tastings, a lecture on the traditional use of plants by Maori, and performances by Hera Black-Taute and Mareta Taute, instrument specialist Richard Nunns, and the Waita Choir. The Santa Cruz Arboretum holds the largest collection of native NZ plants outside of Aotearoa.