Te Tawai Nursery is a native plant nursery at 687 Walker Road in Te Kūiti, King Country. It sits on a sheep and beef farm run by a family of farmers, who started the nursery to share plants they first grew for their own land. Te Tawai is the Māori name for the beech tree, and the land was once a stand of it.
The nursery supplies native trees, plants and shrubs, along with hedging plants for erosion control, riparian and wetland areas, carbon farming, and gardens. We hear the nursery is taking pre-orders for the 2026 planting season, with 10% off, and that its garden and hedging plants are on sale too. Our pick in Te Kūiti for native trees and hedging from a local farm nursery.