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<p>Until late 2024, nobody had seen te pua o Te Rēinga “the flower of the underworld” in the Wellington region for more than a hundred years. A chance discovery of a small struggling population has kick started a race to protect the plants and help them return. </p><p><strong><em><a href="https://radionz.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&id=81ad21bafe">Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter</a> for episode backstories, science analysis and more.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Learn more:</strong></p><ol><li>First Up <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/514965/new-zealand-s-underground-parasite-plant-pollinated-by-bats">interviewed Avi Holzapfel about Te Pua o Te Rēinga</a> in 2024</li><li>In 2020, OCW looked at efforts to resurrect a transplanted <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2018773163/pua-o-te-reinga-return-of-the-flower-of-the-underworld">population of Te Pua o Te Rēinga at Zealandia.</a></li>...