An uncommon palm in New Zealand (at date of entry only one other on the NZTR). Not particularly tall, but it is very healthy, having the multi-trunk form typical of the species. There is no record of date of planting, though the cricket ground surrounds at Nelson Park do feature some interesting trees (a bunya bunya, a giant redwood, and in keeping with central Napier landscaping a group planting of phoenix palms). These other trees may be at least 80 years old, so this palm may be older than it looks. Note too that the photo from Google street view tends to truncate the height of the imaged tree (Lloyd, M., 2026).