Children Plant the Forest

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About 600 children from schools within the Nelson district gave the New Zealand Forest Service a lift along last month when they planted about 16,000 trees in the Coronation Forest, Spooner's Range. It was fairly obvious that they were only too pleased to lay aside pen and paper for a day in the great outdoors.

Pupils of the Appleby, Brightwater, Enner Glynn, Occupation Centre, Auckland Point, Victory, St Joseph's and Stoke Schools prepare to take off on the afternoon planting session.

Mums found the plantings a great excuse for a day out in the sunshine

Frances Russ seems to be doing the heavy work, while Janet Callaghan, Brian Martin and Leslie Sidwell get the seedlings resdy (all from Appleby).

A wash before lunch

Mr Ivan Wyatt (Auckland Point) shows how it's done while Ingrid Verkaaik (Auck Pt), George Burnham (Victory), Bobby Elkington and Jillian Samuel (both Auck pt), take note.

Coming back to camp after a morning's planting

Mr Roel Keizer, a forest technician, shows Catherine Hunter, Annette Roeske, Robyn Kerns and Julie Griffith, all of Brightwater, one of the native plant species on the range.

Lunch is round the bend

Enjoying themselves: Mesdames Hazel Rollinson, Dorothy turner and Della Cole, of Stoke.

Lunch on the hillside

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The Nelson Photo News

No 35 : September 14, 1963

Children Plant the Forest