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Score Another Great Goal For New Zealand

Friday, 21 July 2023, 12:14 pm | Trees That Count

The Greatest Goal invites football fans to celebrate the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ by donating native trees to score big for NZ. Wellington, NZ: A new crowdfunding campaign, The Greatest Goal, aims to plant 64,000 native trees in New Zealand to ... More >>

Te Reo Māori game gets native trees in the ground

Monday, 6 September 2021, 2:16 pm | Trees That Count

The team at Trees That Count has found a unique way to get native trees in the ground this lockdown, with a new card game that hones New Zealanders’ knowledge of conservation and te reo Māori at the same time. “This lockdown a lot of parents have been searching ... More >>

Prime Minister's official gift to royal couple

Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 2:25 pm | Trees That Count

Native trees and games of ‘Tree Snap’ have been gifted to the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall by the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, as part of New Zealand’s official gift to the royal couple on their New Zealand tour. Ten native trees will ... More >>

Trees that Count calls on business to invest in environment

Friday, 5 July 2019, 4:11 pm | Trees That Count

Trees That Count CEO Adele Fitzpatrick is calling on businesses to look beyond planting trees just for carbon credits, and to focus on the broader benefits of planting native trees here in New Zealand. More >>

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern plants trees for Neve and Royal baby

Monday, 1 July 2019, 2:59 pm | Trees That Count

New Zealand Prime Minister Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern delighted Wellington children and families on Sunday, by attending a special Matariki native tree planting event celebrating Kiwi babies. More >>

Native tree charity brings some timber to Tinder

Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 5:02 pm | Trees That Count

Conservation programme Trees That Count has launched a Valentine’s Day campaign featuring native trees looking for love on the dating app Tinder. Three trees - Pōhutukawa, Kōwhai and Miro - will be on Tinder in the lead up to Valentine's Day chatting with ... More >>

NZers gifting with the environment in mind this Christmas

Thursday, 20 December 2018, 9:34 am | Trees That Count

New Zealanders gifting with the environment in mind this Christmas Next year, over 30,000 new native trees will be planted around the country thanks to New Zealanders choosing to gift sustainably this Christmas. Conservation charity Trees That Count ... More >>

Mass native tree planting initiative launched

Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 3:06 pm | Trees That Count

To celebrate the arrival of the Prime Minister’s new baby, conservation charity Trees That Count has launched Trees for Kiwi Babies - a gifting registry to acknowledge the birth of every Kiwi baby born in 2018. More >>

Trees That Count Set to Grow through Provincial Growth Fund

Friday, 1 June 2018, 2:51 pm | Trees That Count

Trees That Count Set to Grow through Provincial Growth Fund Support Conservation organisation, Trees That Count, is gearing up to its grow its programme thanks to a grant from the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund, as part of the Billion Trees ... More >>

Digital marketplace launched to boost native tree planting

Friday, 6 April 2018, 1:12 pm | Trees That Count

Digital marketplace launched to boost native tree planting efforts Conservation organisation, Trees That Count, has launched a community marketplace, to connect native tree planters with funders throughout New Zealand. This technology will help ... More >>

8 million native trees planted in 2017, with a boost to come

Monday, 11 December 2017, 1:43 pm | Trees That Count

Community planting efforts across New Zealand are set to increase in 2018, with Trees That Count receiving an injection of support from Department of Conservation’s Community Fund. More >>

Public generosity boosts restoration project

Monday, 21 August 2017, 3:28 pm | Trees That Count

Students at South Auckland’s De La Salle College have planted 700 native trees in an effort to restore the school’s environment by planting several hundred metres of riparian areas. More >>

Native Tree Planting Boost From Matariki Celebrations

Sunday, 23 July 2017, 1:32 pm | Trees That Count

Seven groups across New Zealand are set to increase their conservation efforts, as winners of native trees from Trees That Count. Trees That Count is gifting 300 native trees to each of the winning groups, who each represent one of the seven stars ... More >>

New Zealanders helping plant 25,000 native trees

Monday, 17 July 2017, 4:52 pm | Trees That Count

New Zealanders have helped fund an impressive 25,000 native trees by filling up at Z service stations on one of the wildest, wettest days of the year last Thursday. Over 24 hours, Z donated 6 cents from every litre of fuel sold to native tree planting ... More >>

Trees That Count Celebrates Matariki

Monday, 19 June 2017, 3:54 pm | Trees That Count

As Matariki draws near, Trees That Count is joining the Māori New Year celebrations by offering community groups, schools and non-profit organisations the opportunity to win native trees for local conservation projects. More >>

Kiwis Unite to Plant Thousands of Native Trees on Arbor Day

Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 12:53 pm | Trees That Count

New Zealanders committed to planting 14,784 native trees for Arbor Day yesterday, the most on record for tree planting in New Zealand on a given day. More >>

Trees That Count pushes for Arbor Day planting record

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 2:49 pm | Trees That Count

Kiwis are being challenged to get behind Arbor Day on Monday 5 June, 2017 and be part of a record-setting attempt: to plant the largest number of native trees in New Zealand in one day. More >>

Kiwis Challenged to Plant a Native Tree on Arbor Day

Monday, 27 March 2017, 10:08 am | Trees That Count

New Zealanders are being challenged to plant a native tree on Arbor Day 2017 (5 June) to set a record for the most trees ever planted on one day in New Zealand. The challenge comes from Trees That Count, an ambitious new programme which aims ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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