<Li> Ehara a Hikurangi i te maunga haere (Hikurangi is not a travelling mountain). The mountain of Hikurangi did not have a legend involving movement, and Te Kani - a-Takirau referenced this to justify his unwillingness to leave the area when he turned down the Māori Kingship, also saying he was "a king already through (his) ancestors". </Li> <Li> Kāti, tukua mai ki Hikurangi, ki te maunga e tauria e te huka (Enough, let him come hither to Hikurangi, to the mountain on which rests the snow). Said by Te Aotaki, instructing his tribe to welcome Tūwhakairiora, who came to avenge the murder of Poroumātā, his grandfather, and no doubt to undergo tohi (a rite to cause bravery), and possibly marry one of his daughters . Another version of the quote is Tukuna mai ki a au, ki Hikurangi, te maunga e tauria ana e te huka (Let him come to me, to Hikurangi, the mountain covered with snow). </Li> <P> The summit of Mount Hikurangi is the northernmost place where New Zealand's alpine vegetation can be seen . Among the alpine shrubs and delicate herbs found there are large buttercups (Ranunculus spp .), and prickly wild Spaniards (Aciphylla spp .). </P> <P> The mountain contains the only known habitat of a small sub-alpine shrub, the Hikurangi tutu (Coriaria pottsiana), found on the grassy scree slope behind the Mount Hikurangi Tramping Hut at 37 ° 54 ′ 22" S 178 ° 3 ′ 31" E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.90611 ° S 178.05861 ° E ﻿ / - 37.90611; 178.05861 . </P>

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