Let me start, by saying I am no tree expert, merely a gardener with too many camellias! There is one tree though that has always captured my imagination, as a young child I played for hours in a mighty tree - it was a Jacaranda. Now I don't know quite when the invasion happened, but it is a delight to travel around the town at present and see an abundance of Jacaranda trees in full bloom.History of the Jacaranda at the Thames
A search of the newspapers at Papers Past shows one result in the Thames Star dated 21 May 1937.
A mention was made of a magnificent specimen of an Australian Jacaranda at the Thames Hospital entrance.
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| THAMES STAR, 21 MAY 1937
Jacaranda Trees December 2019 at Thames
 Jacaranda Trees in full bloom at Pollen / Campbell Streets (above) and Mackay Street (below). |
Significant Tree Schedule at Thames
Want to know more about significant / historic trees at Thames?
The Thames Coromandel District Council has details in their District Plan.
Table 4 - Thames Significant Tree Schedule
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Tree number
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Overlay Planning Map
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STEM score
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Species
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Single;
Stand;
Mixed Group
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Location
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Legal Description
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50
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31D
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180
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Norfolk Island Pine
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Single
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200 The Terrace, Thames
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Lot 2 DPS 8174
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83
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31D
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183
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Monkey Apple or Lilly Pilly Tree
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Single
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200 Fenton Street, Thames
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Lot 1 DPS 5338
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95
97
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31E
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177
174
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Norfolk Island Pine
Norfolk Island Pine
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Stand
(2 trees)
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Brunton House
210 Parawai Road, Thames
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Lot 1 DPS 11864
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101
102
103
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31E
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177
177
177
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Norfolk Island Pine
Sydney Blue Gum
Giant Redwood
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Mixed Group
(3 trees)
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113 Currie Street, Thames
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John William Hall Reserve
Lot 17 DPS 1393
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131
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31G
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174
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Pohutukawa
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Single
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Totara Memorial Park Cemetery
110 Te Arapipi Road, Totara
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Part Te Totara 1
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276
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26C
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207
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Pohutukawa
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Single
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Te Puru Domain, Te Puru
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Lot 70 DPS 58735
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277
278
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26C
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174
174
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Pohutukawa
Pohutukawa
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Stand
(2 trees)
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Te Puru Beachfront Reserve, Te Puru
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Sec 22 and 50 Town of Unuarei
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