Other common names: Akatea, Akatoki, Small white rātā

White, star-shaped and nectar-filled white flowers that attract honeybees and bumblebees (and native skinks/geckos) and habitat for native stick insects – like Tecomanthe it is also only found in NZ and get to 20 m but this is a dainty, slowish-growing and naturally widespread climber up trees and over rocks including in the open., exposed cliffs  It can also be used in pots as a shrub or low hedge (used to be called Metrosideros buxifolia – like a buxus, the common European hedge). Or climbing up walls. Bonus is resistance to myrtle rust compared to pohutukawa or red rata

Metrosideros - O2 Landscapes