![[A band of hardy Wellington Botanical Society members pause for lunch in the brilliant glory of the huge old rata at St Paul's church in Waiwhetu Road.]](Rata_Holey.jpg "A band of hardy Wellington Botanical Society members pause for lunch in the brilliant glory of the huge old rata at St Paul's church in Waiwhetu Road.")
Dave Holey, front, and a band of hardy Wellington Botanical Society members pause for lunch in the brilliant glory of the huge old rata at St Paul’s church in Waiwhetu Road. They were in the middle of an 11km tramp across the Hutt Valley from western hills to eastern hills and back again, looking at some of the 75-100 native rata remaining in the valley.