TEA-TREE OR TI-TREE ?
A COMMON ERROR;
“CALL IT MANUKA.”
“That should be t-e-a- tree, shouldn’t it ?” mildly interposed a councillor at the last meeting of the Matamata County Council, after a report had been read which contained a reference to the humble New Zealand shrub. “There is no such Maori word as ‘ti-tree,’ ” he’ continued. “The name was given by the early settlers and spelled t-e-a- trW This name was given because in the early days, when supplies of tea ranshort, the pioneers used the dried leaves of the tea-tree plant to eke out their supplies.”
“Well, I never knew that before,” commented a member.
“I’d heard it, but had forgotten it,” stated another.
“Oh, well, we’ll call it manuka, and settle any difficulty, ” added the engineer, amidst laughter.—Matamata Record.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5124, 11 May 1927, Page 3
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130TEA-TREE OR TI-TREE ? Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5124, 11 May 1927, Page 3
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