The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

There is a group of trees at the southern end of Te Ahumairangi (aka Tinakori Hill) in Wellington that I'm interested in identifying. The trees have a lot of fruit but are a bit hard to see because they are quite tall the fruit don't seem to fall at all. Tui seem to really enjoy these trees.

A lot of the fruit are redder than the picture would indicate.

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Here is a photo of the fruit.

Hi John, Not sure if your photo is of a smaple which is quite dessicated... If so, that is Cornus capitata - Strawberry dogwood. A pest plant which is fast growing and fruits heavily. A real pain to get rid, as I recall we had this issue in the Zealandia...

Hi Matt,
I think you are on the right track. It seems more like the Korean Dogwood (Cornus kousa) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_kousa. There are photos on the wikipedia page that seem quite like the trees here.

A good photo of fruit here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arbutusunedo03.jpg

There is mention of it in NZ blogs saying that tuis love them -- that would match the experience here in Wellington.

They seem to be mentioned for sale in NZ nurseries too. So not too far-fetched that they might spread to Zealandia and Te Ahumairangi from gardens.