AbstractSyrrhopodon fimbriatulusC. Müll. is reported new to New Zealand on several specimens from the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island. This is the first record of the genusSyrrhopodon, and of the family Calymperaceae, for New Zealand. The species is otherwise known from Australia.Syrrhopodon cairnensisBroth.&Watts is a synonym. A synopsis of the Calymperaceae known from the New Zealand Island Territories is given.Calymperes aongstroemiiBesch.,C. tenerumC. Müll. andMitthyridium parvifolium(Bartr.) H. Robins. are reported new to Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands.