New Zealand native orchid - from the group known as 'onion' orchids apparently.
See the following if you are at all interested in small inconspicuous orchids that grow in open grassland beside the sea: https://www.nativeorchids.co.nz/species/categories/
Honestly Rosie, you could walk straight past these and struggle to even see they have flowers (macro on the phone camera helps).
Reportedly New Zealand has, officially, 118 species of native orchids and 14 more with 'tag names' waiting to be formally described. However, we probably haven't discovered them all yet; I bet there are some tiny scared ones hidden away in places no one has got down on their tummy and peered at yet. They are scared because if they get discovered, they will be given an unpronouncable name.
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