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No 194 : August 12, 1970

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Keep it Green

By planting trees, nurturing them, watching them progress and giving them the care and respect they deserve we can keep New Zealand green and a country of beauty. These, virtually, are the aims of Arbor Day and at the Wainui School this day was observed with a family tree planting. Parents of some of the children supplied a young tree each and in the afternoon members of the family planted their trees in the school grounds. Prior to this an Arbor Day ceremony was held with members of the school reading out facts, figures and a poem about trees.

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Mr Derek McCartney with Michael Moxley, Robert Farmer, Nicola and Sally Mclldowie and William McCartney prepare to plant the first tree.

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Mrs G. Huberts with daughter Judy and Peter Gillgren planted a yellow pohutukawa.

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Among those taking part in the readings were Leigh Schroder, Nicola Mclldowie and Jane Holden.

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Michael, Sandra and Llewellyn Phelps and their tree.

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Other readers were Brenda Ewbank, Marsha Wattie, Susan Loffler and Jeremy Chrisp.

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The rest of the readers were Ian Cooper, Michael Phelps and Shaun Moloney.

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The whole school took part in the Arbor Day ceremony at Wainui

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Surrounded by class-mates, Terry Taylor and Leigh Schroder plant a tree

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