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==Distribution==
Pūriri is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to New Zealand and can be found in the upper half of the North Island from North Cape to the [[Waikato]] and Upper Thames, and from thence in small numbers southwards to [[Māhia Peninsula]] (39°10′S) on the east coast and [[Cape Egmont]] (39°27′S) on the west (rare inland south of latitude 37). Its altitudinal range is from sea-level to {{cvt|800|m}} above sea-level. Pūriri tends to be associated with fertile or volcanic soils, and early settlers often sought out and burned pūriri rich areas to obtain good farmland.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6">A.C. Dykgraaf (1992) Princely puriri. New Zealand Geographic # 13.</ref>