My interest in the herbal lore of other countries turned my thoughts to the considerable use the Maori people made of their trees and shrubs for this purpose. Most of this recorded information is housed in the Turnbull Library ...

much has been passed down in verbal form known only to the older Maori women, most of whom live in remote areas, and with whose passing much of this knowledge will be lost...... So I thought it might be a useful contribution to collect as much material as I could find of the