TY - BOOK AU - Simpson, Philip TI - Dancing leaves: the story of New Zealand's cabbage tree, tī kōuka SN - 0908812760 AV - QK495.A26 S56 2000 U1 - 584.352 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Christchurch, N.Z. PB - Canterbury University Press KW - Cordyline australis KW - New Zealand KW - Ethnobotany KW - Tī kōuka KW - reo N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-316) and index; pt. 1. The natural world of the cabbage tree -- pt. 2. The Māori world of the cabbage tree, tī kōuka -- pt. 3. The Pākehā world of the cabbage tree -- pt. 4. Integrating three worlds: sustaining the cabbage tree N2 - "...Looks at conservation issues, the future of cabbage trees in the landscape, individual trees notable for their age, great size or cultural significance, and cabbage trees overseas. It also examines the mysterious disease called Sudden Decline..."--Back cover ER -