Our partners
Planting a million trees, shrubs and grasses will take an enormous effort from many people and organisations, and it would not be possible without the support of our key partners:
- Department of Corrections is providing nursery space and labour through their prisons and community offender services in the Auckland region. This partnership provides us with capacity to grow the necessary stock, and labour to assist with site preparation, planting and maintenance.
- Trees That Count will count all the trees that the council intends to plant. It will collaborate with us to promote the need to plant native trees across the Auckland region and leverage technology and innovation to support the ongoing collection of monitoring data.
Ongoing work
There is already a lot of great planting work happening in Auckland via our local boards, iwi, schools, service and social sector groups, private entities, farmers, the council group, New Zealand Transport Association and developers.
Million Trees will work alongside all of these groups to facilitate the planting of a million trees in three years and accelerate projects where possible.
Sweet Treat
Million Trees and Department of Corrections are gifting 110 fruit trees to local schools.
Auckland gets green
The first year of the programme saw approximately 174,000 trees, shrubs and grasses planted across Auckland.
We will build on this progress in 2018, with more than 500,000 trees and shrubs set to go in the ground this planting season.
Eco-sourcing
All plants in Million Trees are sourced locally.
This is because local species adapt better to local conditions and have a higher likelihood of survival.
Plantings for 2018
| Hūnua Ranges |
140,000 |
| Atiu Creek Regional Park |
60,000 |
| Tāpapakanga Regional Park |
53,000 |
| Puhinui Reserve |
40,000 |
| Tōtara Park |
20,000 |
| Harbourview-Orangihina Reserve |
10,000 |
| Te Irirangi Drive |
10,000 |
| Pūkaki Crater |
10,000 |
| Sanders Reserve |
6,784 |
| Tāwharanui Regional Park |
6,200 |
| Rosebank Domain |
6,000 |
| Slipper Lake |
5,580 |
| Maungarei / Mount Wellington |
5,000 |
| Tuff Crater |
4,000 |
| Ōmaha Sandcliffs |
3,410 |
| Ōtara Creek |
3,100 |
| Tararata Creek |
3,000 |
| Kurt Brehmer Walkway |
3,000 |
| Point England Reserve |
2,800 |
| Titan Place (Weiti River) |
2,565 |
| Scandrett Regional Park |
2,500 |
| Old School Reserve |
2,000 |
| Metro Park East |
1,900 |
| Victoria Street, Riverhead |
1,400 |
| O'Neill's Cemetery |
1,200 |
| Palm Beach and Onetangi Beach |
1,100 |
| Trimdon Street Reserve |
1,000 |
| Te Whau Reserve |
855 |
| Stanmore Bay |
850 |
| Chelsea Heritage Park |
850 |
| Barbados Reserve |
850 |
| Onepoto Domain |
500 |
| Huapai Riverbank Service Centre |
385 |
| Pūhoi Pioneer Memorial Park |
300 |
| Matakana Wharf Reserve |
271 |
| Rainbows End Reserve |
250 |
| Parry Kauri Park |
100 |
