Manaka Mai

Manaka Mai celebrates the plant life of Rēkohu, the Chatham Islands — where isolation, wind and sea have shaped a flora found nowhere else. With more than sixty endemic species, Rēkohu is home to plants that are at once familiar and entirely unique — a sow thistle that grows taller than a person, shrubs that became trees, and the much-loved kopakopa, with its crinkled leaves and striking blue flowers.

Whether you are a gardener, a plant lover, or simply curious about the natural world of Rēkohu, this book offers a vivid, multi-layered portrait of an island environment shaped by resilience and adaptation — and of the people whose lives and traditions have been intertwined with its plants for generations.