What is Living Legends?
DOC is proud to sponsor Living Legends, a community conservation project that is coordinating 17 native tree planting projects throughout New Zealand from 2011-2015.
Living Legends gives everyone the chance to help improve some of New Zealand's special landscapes.
View details of 2012 planting events.
Planting projects are dedicated to rugby legends
Children planting native trees
Each planting project is dedicated to a rugby legend, someone who has made a huge contribution to rugby in New Zealand.
Living Legends will plant 170,000 trees
Living Legends has already planted 83,000 trees across the country in 2011, and is making a five year investment to plant a total of 170,000 trees by 2015.
A nationwide planting project of this scale will benefit New Zealanders for years to come as trees play an important role in moderating our climate, improving our air quality, controlling floodwaters and providing homes for native wildlife.
Organisations supporting Living Legends
Living Legends is a partnership between Project Crimson, the Tindall Foundation, DOC and Meridian. Community conservation groups, iwi and regional councils are also involved in Living Legends .
Visit the Living Legends website and register for email updates to get the latest information about where and when Living Legends plantings take place.
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