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Kiwi communities, former All Blacks to plant 170,000 trees

Monday, 16 September 2013, 1:45 pm | Living Legends

Rugby and tree planting may seem an unlikely combination, but over the past three years they have come together in a spectacular way: the Living Legends project. 17 “Rugby Legends” including Sir Colin Meads, Sir Brian Lochore and Todd Blackadder ... More >>

Rugby Legends to complete major conservation project

Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 11:53 am | Living Legends

Rugby Legends such as Buck Shelford, Sir Brian Lochore, Sir Colin Meads and John Sturgeon will be donning their gumboots and planting trees alongside thousands of New Zealanders for the last year of Living Legends events in August 2013. More >>

Rugby Legends help plant over 120,000 native trees

Thursday, 4 October 2012, 1:11 pm | Living Legends

17 Rugby Legends including Sir Colin Meads, John Sturgeon and Bryan Williams have joined over 6,500 New Zealanders to plant more than 120,000 native trees as part of the Living Legends project so far. More >>

Kiwis help plant over 100,000 trees as a legacy to RWC

Friday, 24 August 2012, 11:26 am | Living Legends

Thousands of New Zealanders have now helped to plant over 100,000 native trees as part of the Living Legends project. More >>

Living Legends Lives On

Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 5:48 pm | Living Legends

Living Legends events will return in 2012 and see more than 45,000 native trees planted across 17 locations in New Zealand during August and September. More >>

The ‘Paekakariki Express’ named as Rugby Legend

Friday, 3 June 2011, 4:14 pm | Living Legends

A product of Horowhenua and growing up on the outskirts of Wellington, and therefore always known as the ‘Paekakariki Express’, Christian Cullen showed exceptional rugby qualities at an early age. Christian’s first coach was his father, Chris ... More >>

A life of rugby for our Auckland legend

Friday, 3 June 2011, 11:28 am | Living Legends

Living Legends is a community conservation project that is coordinating 17 native tree planting projects throughout New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011. Each planting is being run in conjunction with provincial rugby unions and dedicated to a regional ... More >>

Buck is back!

Friday, 3 June 2011, 10:54 am | Living Legends

Buck Shelford is thrilled to have been selected as the North Harbour Rugby Legend as part of the Living Legends project. “I guess the selection shows me I really have achieved in my sport” says Buck. More >>

A life of rugby for our Wellington/Wairarapa legend

Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 11:16 am | Living Legends

Living Legends is a community conservation project that is coordinating 17 native tree planting projects throughout New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011. More >>

Rugby in the Ross family blood

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 12:46 pm | Living Legends

Living Legends is a community conservation project that is coordinating 17 native tree planting projects throughout New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011. More >>

A life of rugby for West Coast legend

Monday, 18 April 2011, 10:47 am | Living Legends

There would be few New Zealanders around with a string of achievements in rugby as impressive as West Coast’s John Sturgeon. And the list is getting longer as he has recently been named the Buller/West Coast Rugby Legend as part of the Living ... More >>

It’s still game on for Otago Rugby Legend

Thursday, 14 April 2011, 3:04 pm | Living Legends

Otago’s Kees Meeuws has recently been named as a Rugby Legend, as part of the Living Legends project. This honours Kees’s 27-year rugby career, which is not over yet, Kees returned to the south in 2009 to reclaim his starting position as prop. More >>

Celebrating a Taranaki Rugby Legend

Thursday, 14 April 2011, 2:40 pm | Living Legends

Kaponga’s Ian Eliason has recently been named the Taranaki/Wanganui “Rugby Legend” as part of the Living Legends project. More >>

Announcement of Rugby Legends for RWC Conservation Project

Thursday, 3 February 2011, 12:02 pm | Living Legends

Living Legends 17 “Rugby Legends” were announced at an event in Christchurch this morning. Living Legends is a community conservation project that is managing 17 native tree planting projects throughout New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011. ... More >>

17 Legends Mix Conservation And Rugby in 2011

Friday, 17 December 2010, 3:09 pm | Living Legends

An exciting new conservation project called Living Legends has been kicked off in preparation for Rugby World Cup 2011. Living Legends is a community conservation project that is coordinating 17 native tree planting projects throughout New Zealand ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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