NEW ZEALAND PLANTS PART 3 COPROSMA Latin - Family: rubiaceae
The Coprosma genus consists of around 90 species which are found throughout the Pacific and Australasia. 58 of those 90 species are endemic to New Zealand making the genus one of the largest in New Zealand. Most are what you would call ‘shrubs’ but 8 species grow into small trees.
Way back in the dark ages, 1985 to be more precise, I got accepted as a trainee with the Agricultural Pest Destruction Council (APDC). For the younger readers out there, in 1967 the long standing regional Rabbit Boards (administered by a national body called the Rabbit Destruction Council) were disbanded and replaced by the APDC. Later, in 1989, the role was taken over yet again, this time by the newly formed Regional Councils.
But I waffle …. 10 cadets were taken on every year with a view to training them up into managerial roles within the council. Each trainee was posted to a different province for their two year 'apprenticeship' (I went to Hawkes Bay) and expected to work with the local field staff learning the day to day job of
