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NZ needs to plant more trees to combat climate change – but what kind and where?

May 18, 2018 by Rosie

Riwaka flooding with houses and forestry debris

By Rebecca Macfie To counter climate change, New Zealand must vastly increase its area of forestry. But as recent disasters show, not all trees are created equal. July 2017 had been an unusually wet month on Banks Peninsula, where landowners Philip King and Sarah Lovell-Smith own the historic … [Read more...]

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Tree Planting Day

September 5, 2014 by Rosie

Tree being planted

I joined about 10 people working together for a couple of hours on the riverbank @ 170 Nile St (the Kennedys).  Our task was to clear invasive weeds to allow the regeneration of native vegetation and to plant some flax. It could have been just hard work, it wasn't, it was fun and satisfying, as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: news Items Tagged With: Community, Maitai, Planting, Tree

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