kauhangaroa
1. (noun) variety of harakeke from Hawke's Bay.Very tall, straight blades with a 3–7 mm red margin along the sides of the bronze-green blades. The centre of the young blades is pale green, then shaded in maroon out to the crimson margin. There is 5–7 cm of crimson on the tips of the blades. A very prolific flowerer. Rather poor fibre so was used only for baskets and matting. The strong kōrari were tied into bundles and lashed together to make rafts.