Volcanic debris on Mount Taranaki has been colonized by this species, which occurs in dense stands up to 100 years old.
While still in his teens, he began a series of expeditions in his spare time, joining a party to scale Mount Taranaki in 1857, for example, and undertaking a journey in 1858 up the Mōkau River to Taupo, Lakes Rotomahana and Tarawera, the Tongariro-Ruapehu area, returning via Rangitikei and Wanganui.
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Mount Tauhara is a dormant stratovolcano, reaching 3,569 feet (1,088 m) above sea level, situated within the Taupō caldera towards the centre of the Taupō Volcanic Zone, which stretches from White Island in the north, to Mount Ruapehu in the south, to Mount Taranaki in the west.
He suffered from severe hay fever and as a child, he spent his summers in a hostel on Mount Egmont in order to be less exposed to pollen.
Chute led a 620-strong force across South and Central Taranaki, from Wanganui to New Plymouth, destroying approximately twenty villages between the Waitotara River and Mount Taranaki/Egmont.
They also hold Trustee status for nodes located at Mount Taranaki/Egmont (Taranaki), Wharite (Horowhenua) and Belmont (Wellington).