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

Environmental Education in Action

We're supporting schools to grow and plant 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 waterways and on vulnerable land.

Trees for Survival Schools have planted over 1 million native plants in the last ten years and with your support we are aiming for another million by 2030!

Native Plants
so far this Season

214,750

Total native plants so far
of our 1 Million more!

256,876

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2M+

Total native plants planted

214,750

Total native plants planted in 2026

252

Schools involved in 2026

7,049

Students involved in 2026

15km

Waterways planted in 2026

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Latest Stories

2026 Season

November 9th 2026Join us in celebrating our 2026 Season. With 252 school communities around the country running the TfS programme this season, we have planted a phenomenal 214,750 native plants. Over 7,000 studentsRead more

2026 Seedlings

November 9th 2026With planting season over, TfS activity is now focussed on the important job of potting up/transplanting seedlings. This season, TfS worked with 9 nurseries around the regions who have suppliedRead more

Bay of Plenty Season

November 9th 2026This year in the Bay of Plenty, 3 facilitators ran the Trees for Survival programme across 34 schools in Rotorua, Whakatāne and Tauranga. Partnerships between TfS and HALO Whakatāne and EnviroHub BRead more

Waikato Season

November 9th 2026Across the Waikato, 9 Trees for Survival facilitators are packing away their planting gear after a successful and busy 2026 planting season. Working with schools across 11 Waikato districts, these 9Read more

Proud of our work

November 9th 2026feedback from students after their planting day experience is always rewarding and often humbling and humorous. Several TfS facilitators have been thrilled to receive thank you cards from schoolsRead more

South Island Season

November 9th 20262026 was the first planting season for 3 new Trees for Survival school clusters in Mohua Golden Bay, Christchurch and South Canterbury. TfS are thrilled after lots of planning and preparation,Read more

Auckland Planting Season

November 9th 2026it is a proud moment when the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland team can put away their planting gear for another year and reflect on a fantastic season. In partnership with Auckland Council, 8 facilitatorsRead more

Feedback

July 13th 2026Feedback… Trees for Survival want to ensure that positive feedback is passed on to all the people that contribute and are thrilled to have received the following feedback from a Waikato schoolRead more

Green Networks

July 13th 2026Green Networks…we all know working together can bring about faster results and many Trees for Survival schools are doing just this as they contribute to large scale planting programmes beyond aRead more

Wow moments!

May 8th 2026The students who planted them may have moved on to new schools, but Trees for Survival facilitators have the immense satisfaction of seeing 1000’s of native plants growing up! Monitoring growth isRead more

Where are the plants?

May 8th 2026A year after a landowner hosts a school for the first time, Trees for Survival facilitators are often met with slightly concerned faces when they visit. Why? Because for the first time landowner,Read more

Site Potential

May 8th 2026Trees for Survival facilitators are out and about meeting landowners and assessing potential planting sites. Where some may see a bare paddock or hillside, TfS facilitators see potential for anRead 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.