Rimu
The Rimu tree is a large native evergreen tree that lives in the New Zealand forest's. There is also a different name for the Rimu tree, this name is the Dacrydium Cupressinum. Rimu tree's live up to 800 to 900 years old. The straight trunk of a Rimu is normally 1.5m in diameter, but may be larger in old or very tall Rimu's.
The leaves on a Rimu have spikes on them and can sometime's be very sharp. Rimu is used to make house hold furniture such as dining tables, coffee tables and bedroom furniture because of it's appearance. Rimu is a slow-growing tree, eventually reaching height's of up to 50m, although most surviving large trees are up to 20 - 35 m. Rimu is important to Maori because in the older days the Maori used it as a medicine for cuts or burn's.
Rimu is the best house in the school because we have the best teachers and the best students. We work as a team because we are the red army and we don't hurt or offend other's.
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