#mingimingi

Then we’re laughing , throwing pillows at he chases me all the way to the couch and holds my hands , pinning me down . For a minute , we stay like that , looking into each other’s eyes  and grinning. When someone calls me.

I look over his shoulder with a knowing smile . His features soften as our daughter runs to join us , crawling and laying on my chest so her father was hovering over her. He plays with her , the two in their own world as I hold her close.

ANOTHER species of Coprosma, and like half the other ones also called mingimingi or mikimiki.

This shrub is found on both islands, usually east of the ranges, except in Northland where it grows anywhere suitable. Common in coastal rocky and sandy lowland to lower montane shrubland and forest, up to about 600 m. The berry is translucent and holds a white seed spread by skinks and birds.

Named after the fruit, which is translucent enough to show the greenness of the seeds. Another Moa-proofed Coprosma with the same common name as some of the others.

Endemic to North and South Islands but very uncommon or entirely absent from large parts of its range. Found, where you can even find it, in lowland to lower montane forest and shrubland in well drained to poorly draining fertile soils, often overlying calcareous or alkaline igneous rocks.