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Burford Tree Seeder.

Growing native trees with machines

Department of Conservation —  31/08/2017

Imagine a machine that could effortlessly sow native seeds straight into the ground, creating within hours what will grow to become a woodland, open forest or wildlife corridor.

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Volunteers planting native trees on Motutapu Island. Photo: .taf | flicrk | CC BY-NC 2.0.

Photo of the week: Restoring native forest on Motutapu Island

Department of Conservation —  15/07/2015

On Friday the Motutapu Restoration Trust celebrated 21 years of volunteer conservation work on Motutapu Island.

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Student planting pinatoro for the Notoreas moth on the Taranaki coast.

Students saving Taranaki’s rare plants

Department of Conservation —  14/07/2015

Students at Moturoa School in Taranaki are working hard to save their rare local plants from extinction.

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Arthur Cowan.

Arthur Cowan—a conservation legend

Department of Conservation —  15/12/2014

A story about the humble conservation legend, Arthur Blair Cowan MBE, who passed away in Otorohanga last month, aged 98.

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Fonterra staff out planting trees at Lake Areare.

Many hands planting at Lake Areare

Department of Conservation —  09/12/2014

For Lake Areare’s last planting day of the year, the support was so strong we weren’t sure if we had enough plants!

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