Hard work pays off 

Kauri Forno discussing seed collecting at Waikereru as part of the Waimata River Catchment Group’s educational workshops. 

The Women’s Native Tree Project Trust grew and then donated over 6000 healthy native trees and plants to community groups within Tairāwhiti last year. The $3000 grant they received from Sunrise enabled them to continue paying their part time nursery manager. 
This is the most plants they have ever donated and reflects their nursery manager’s hard work. 

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