Mayor’s plan is One million of them
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Auckland, May 20, 2018
Matariki is on the way.
As a part of the wider celebrations taking place across the region, Auckland Council is holding tree plantings over June and July.
In total, 60,000 new trees will be planted across Totara Park, Metro Park East and Puhinui Reserve as part of Mayor Phil Goff’s Million Trees programme.
“In June last year I launched my ‘Million Trees Programme’ and in the first planting season we put nearly 200,000 new, predominantly native, trees and shrubs in the ground across our region.
Public Planting Events
“This year we are accelerating the project by planting more than 500,000 new trees over the 2018 planting season. With Matariki on the way, Council is running public planting events at Totara Park, Metro Park East and Puhinui Reserve. I’m inviting all Aucklanders, their friends and families to come and be part of it. Together, we can make Auckland a greener, healthier more beautiful place to live.”
Along with being a lot of fun and helping to make Auckland a greener, healthier and more beautiful place to live, every volunteer will receive a tree to keep from Trees that Count.
Auckland Council will put on a sausage sizzle after each event.
Free Sampling
Every volunteer will get a free tree sapling to take home from Trees that Count. There’ll also be a sausage sizzle after each planting.
When:
Friday, June 15, 2018: 930 am, 12 pm, 1230 pm, 3 pm
Saturday, June 16, 2018: 930 am 12 pm, 1230 pm 3 pm
Sunday, June 17, 2018: 930 am, 12 pm
Friday July 27, 2018: 930 am, 1230 pm, 130 pm, 430 pm
Saturday July 28: 2018, 930 am, 1230 pm. 130 pm, 430 pm
Where:
Totara Park, Manurewa on June 15 & 16: 930 am-12 pm & 1230 pm 3 pm
Metro Park East, Millwater on June 17: 930 am-12 pm
Puhinui Reserve, Wiri: July 27 & 28: 930 am-1230 pm & 130 pm-430 pm
Free Participation (No Cost)
Bookings
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Email your name, the planting event you wish to attend and your contact details by May 31, 2018 for the Totara Park and Metro Park East events, and by June 30, 2018 for the Puhinui Reserve event
Website: facebook.com/phil.goff.akld/videos/1904880136233999
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Photo Caption:
- Auckland Mayor Phil Goff at a Tree-Planting event
- Auckland Mayor Phil Goff planting a Tree
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