The tree planting held by Sustainable Coastlines on Saturday, the 29th of September was the third time we had partnered with Auranga, an environmentally responsible development in Drury.  It was a fun day, planting 2200 trees with 94 members of the community, local schools, our team and theirs.  Sustainable Coastlines’ Shelley Butt headed the event with the help of Fletcher Sunde and Amy Klitscher and her international Volunteers. What a great day it was!

With health and safety consulting by Andrew from Xigo and manpower Dempsy Wood, the plants supplied by Craig and The Plant People, the extra spades from Matthew and New Zealand Bio-security Services Ltd, and the catering team led by Amy Wong Kam it was a big team effort to make this event happen!

Special thanks goes to Kitty, Rachel Elizabeth and Charles from Auranga and to Hero Potini from Ngāti Tamaoho for his opening karakia.

Auranga is a place that has been designed with the community at its heart, but building a new community on a greenfields site comes with a responsibility to the natural environment. This is why the partnership between Sustainable Coastlines and Auranga is so important. Auranga is serious about contributing to improved waterways and is planting tens of thousands of native plants in rain gardens, wetlands and along stream banks and the estuary. These natural features, along with large and cleverly designed parks, reserves, esplanades, walkways and cycle-paths all contribute to a healthier environment. We would like to invite you to be a part of this ecological invigoration.