This 70-page publication is on the ethnobotanical study that looks at tī kōuka as an exemplar of native trees in Aotearoa subject to biological risks and encapsulates how Māori relate to the tree and what it means to them. The study is focused on the Rangitīkei region involving different iwi, hapū and whānau along the awa (Rangitīkei River). The korero gathered from the study aligns to Kaupapa Māori giving significant essence to what tī kōuka and other native trees mean to Māori.