Arbor Day / Greening Taupō Day June 2022

Our annual Arbor Day planting, promoted as Greening Taupō Day was on steroids this year thanks to the growth of Kids Greening Taupō!! Even with the threatening rain on the event day, the planting was a hit with heaps of local Taupō schools and ECE centres participating. 

The planting took place at Crown Park, where 4,500 native trees were planted by over 1,500 people! The mayor opened the day and planted the first tree. The event has become a festival of environmental education, with free food, music, and many local experts onsite with free activities for the kids. Ruud Kleinpaste (The Bug Man) ran a bug-hunting activity with Waipahihi School student leaders. Forest and Bird, DOC, Taupō District Council, Waikato Regional Council, Enviroschools, Tongariro Trout Centre, Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, Wingspan Birds of Prey, Huka Honey Hive, Mynoke, Epro, Civil Defence, Taupō Disc Golf, Kids Bike Taupō and many more organisations were there to entertain and educate. Big thanks goes out to the many sponsors, including, Trev Terry Marine who cooked 1,000 free sausages, The Bistro for providing free hot soup, Pak n Save for the buns and condiments, and DJ Alexi for the awesome music. Korio and Mediaworks advertised the event. Holes dug by Taupō District Council were filled with Mynoke vermicast to fertilise the trees, which were paid for by Trees that Count and donations from 2021 Greening Taupō Day.

It was amazing to see the support that the whole community had for this day. Thank you to everyone that came along and planted a tree (or ten)!

Thanks to Corbie Films for putting together the highlights video of the day.