Photo: Robyn Jaquiery

Flowering pōhutukawa trees are the sign summer is here - and many we have seen are already in full bloom.

But are they flowering earlier this year?

Ecologist and botanist Associate Professor Bruce Burns, from the University of Auckland, says no.

"We have had some stunning displays. I live up here at the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and and you know, it's just been amazing, the intensity of the blooms on some trees," he tol

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