{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Mataī''
| image = MataiTree877.jpg
| status = LR/lc
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Pinophyta]]
| classis = [[Pinophyta|Pinopsida]]
| ordo = [[Pinales]]
| familia = [[Podocarpaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Prumnopitys]]''
| species = '''''P. taxifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Prumnopitys taxifolia''
| binomial_authority = ([[Joseph Banks|Banks]] & [[Daniel Solander|Sol.]] ex [[D. Don]]) de Laub.
}}

[[Image:MataiJuvenile267.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ko ngā peka o te Mataī pūhouhou he kokikoki, he takawhīwhiwhi]][[Image:MataiLeaves467.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kia pakari te Mataī, kua rite ngā rau ki ō  te tōtara]][[Image:Matai267.jpg|thumb|left|200px|He Mataī iti noa iho]]Ko te '''Mataī''' he rākau whakakake o [[Aotearoa]]. He rākau roa, he pākarukaru noa te kiri. He pango ngā hua. E mata ana, he rite ngā rau ki ō te [[miro]]. E mata ana ruarua noa iho ngā rau, he hāuratea ētahi, he mā ētahi; Ko ngā peka  he kokikoki, he takawhīwhiwhi. Kia pakari kua rite ki te rau [[tōtara]]. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko ''Prumnopitys taxifolia''. Ko te ingoa i te [[reo Pākehā]] he ''Black Pine''.

==Hoto ki waho==
{{Commons-inline|Prumnopitys taxifolia |te Mataī}}
* New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, URL: [http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/vascular_plants/detail.asp?PlantID=1223 ''Prumnopitys taxifolia'']. He mea kite i te 6 o ngā rā o Pipiri, 2007.
==Tohutoro==
*Metcalf, Laurie, 2002. ''A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand''. Tāmaki-makau-rau: New Holland.
*Salmon, J.T., 1986. ''The Native Trees of New Zealand''. Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara: Heinneman Reed.

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