Trees for Survival Charitable Trust
is creating a legacy we can all be proud of.

Environmental education in action-
we're growing and planting native trees to restore our environment!

Together with New Zealand schools, landowners and our sponsorship partners, our action based environmental education programme supports school communities to nurture, grow and plant native plants in areas they’re needed the most - protecting and restoring habitat in streams, wetlands and on erosion-prone land.

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2M+

Total native plants planted

164,000

Total native plants planted in 2024

213

Schools involved in 2024

7,200

Students involved in 2024

16km

Waterways planted in 2024

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Latest Stories

2024 Planting season

November 13th 2024It has been a huge 2024 planting season for TfS! With reports in from the 213 schools that have grown and planted this year, Trees for Survival are thrilled to announce that 2024 planting daysRead more

Riparian edge impacts

November 13th 2024Planting sites for the 2024 season included 16,621 linear meters of riparian edge, where vegetation will help to cool water, provide habitat and reduce the movement of silt and nutrients into ourRead more

Teacher Feedback

October 7th 2024As a school based programme, having the enthusiasm of teachers to run and support the TfS programme in the school and make the most of the learning opportunities around growing, planting, ecology,Read more

Seedling Delivery

October 7th 2024The 2024 TfS seedling delivery is the result of a lot of planning. 228 TfS schools are each set to receive their share of the approx. 230,000 native plant seedlings and 4,560 bags of 40 litre pottingRead more

Seedlings

September 20th 2024While the 2024 Trees for Survival planting season is still underway, behind the scenes their Propagation Coordinator is busy liaising with Nga Rakau and Te Whangai Nurseries and Tairāwhiti Campus atRead more

Outdoor experience

September 20th 2024TfS began in Auckland with the yearly Planting Day being an opportunity for a rural excursion that offered a farm visit and experience outside of the norm for many central city schools. While a ruralRead more

Whangārei

July 26th 2024TfS are excited to see their Northland cluster of schools grow with Kamo Intermediate, Portland School and Maunu School experiencing their first TfS planting days this season and Whau Valley school Read more

Matariki 2024

July 26th 2024Following a successful Matariki event in 2023, on 28th June Trees for Survival in partnership with Gallagher Insurance and Raapua Collective and other partners, hosted a Matariki celebration forRead more

Āwhitu Planting

July 26th 2024Trees for Survival love to celebrate the inspiring stories of many of their landowners. The Harris family recently hosted the Āwhitu School, Waiuku School and Sandspit Road School planting days andRead more

Facilitator resources

July 26th 2024To help enable the smooth running of planting days, our facilitators are well resourced with a myriad of items. From meeting and greeting landowners, partners and schools groups, giving health andRead more

Big Picture Planting

July 26th 2024We know that an individual can make a difference - individual trees can provide shade and habitat, an individual can plant hundreds of trees, and a school thousands of trees over many years. WhatRead more

Native Tree donation appeal starting 27 May

May 22nd 2024Trees for Survival Charitable Trust is calling on New Zealanders to play their part in helping to ‘reforest Aotearoa’ by donating a native tree to their nationwide school programme. TheRead more

Principal Partners

We are incredibly thankful to our Principal Partners whose generous support ensures we can bring Trees for Survival to more schools, educating more students, and planting more trees than ever before!

Partner with us!

Trees for Survival is a Rotary initiated project, originally established by the Rotary Club of Pakuranga in 1991.
We are thrilled to receive ongoing support from numerous Rotary Clubs with club members regularly helping at our planting days.