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The Allan Mere as displayed in the entrance
to the
Allan Herbarium, Lincoln |
The Allan Mere was gifted by Dr Lucy Moore to New Zealand botany, to commemorate
the work of early botanist HHB Allan. It is awarded from time-to-time by the
New Zealand Botanical Society to outstanding botanists to acknowledge their
contribution and work. It is displayed in the entrance to the Allan
Herbarium at the Manaaki Whenua Lincoln office.
The mere was carved at Westland Greenstone Ltd, in Hokitika.
The label reads:
He koha tēnēi nā Tākuta Lucy Moore mai te rua tekau
mā whitu i ngā rā o Paenga Whāhwā, i te tau kotahi
mano, iwa rau, waru tekau mā rua, hei whakamaharatanga ki a Tākuta
HHB Allan mo ōna mahi whakahirahira e pā ana ki te mātauranga
huaota o Aotearoa. I hoatungia tēnei taonga mai te whakamaharatanga
o te kotahi rau o ōna huri tau.
Gifted by Dr Lucy Moore on 27 April 1982 to commemorate the outstanding
contributions to New Zealand botany of Dr H.H.B. Allan, on the occasion of
the 100th anniversary of his birth.
The Allan Mere, made from pounamu, and carved by Westland
Greenstone in Hokitika. |
