Ngā Taonga Tuku Oranga.
Inspiring children.
Protecting Aotearoa New Zealand.

Trees for Survival is creating a legacy we can all be proud of – a better future for all New Zealand.

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Help us plant native trees!

Together with the help of 1,000s of New Zealand students, landowners, schools and our sponsorship partners, we’re growing and planting native trees in areas they’re needed the most - protecting streams, wetlands and erosion-prone hillsides, with over 100,000 native trees planted every year.

Our hands-on school based programme empowers students to nurture, grow and plant native seedlings, teaching them how small actions can make a big difference against climate change.

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2M+

Total native plants planted

146,280

Total native plants planted in 2023

186

Schools involved in 2023

5,500

Students involved in 2023

12km

Waterways planted in 2023

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Latest Stories

2 million trees and counting

February 29th 2024New Zealand charity, Trees for Survival Charitable Trust, has been quietly achieving – and surpassing – a phenomenal milestone: more than two million native plants grown and planted by NewRead more

Native Plant Seeds

February 13th 2024With 230 schools set to be growing and planting with TfS in 2025, we are busy preparing for the large amount of native plant seed that needs to be collected now before being germinated at Nga Rakau aRead more

Before and After

February 13th 2024Before and After……nothing shows the impact of planting and how quickly the landscape can be revegetated and restored than a good before and after photo. Trees for Survival facilitators will spendRead more

Watch them grow

February 13th 2024Trees for Survival encourages their schools to transplant their seedings as soon as possible after delivery in September to ensure they have the best chance to grow over the warm summer months.Read more

24 Years of Planting

December 13th 2023After 24 years as a Trees for Survival Facilitator – Gail Allende has reluctantly said farewell. Gail has kindly shared some of her stories and recollected how things have changed in TfS over theRead more

Outstanding Results

November 13th 2023Hearing from landowners who want to share the success of a schools planting is one way Trees for Survival measure and share their success. Given the best chance at survival through good siteRead more

Good things take time!

November 13th 2023We are all aware of the long term benefits of planting native plants such as the creation of ecological corridors and filtering of nutrients into waterways, so it was pretty special that at thisRead more

Give the gift of trees this Christmas

November 10th 2023Trees for Survival national manager Phil Lyons is encouraging people to give a donation this Christmas to help their environmental education programme expand to more schools across Aotearoa NewRead more

Welcome Taranaki!

September 8th 2023Five schools in the Taranaki region were welcomed to the Trees for Survival programme in 2022 and have now completed their first cycle of growing on seedlings and planting these out. What a greatRead more

Spring is sprung

September 6th 2023Spring is sprung..... so it must be seedling time! With planting days nearly completed for the season, potting up season is suddenly here. A huge amount of planning is involved to enable theRead more

Watering Tech

September 1st 2023Every new school to the Trees for Survival programme is set up with a plant growing unit (PGU) that we refer to as the shade house. This is where the growing takes place for all the seedlings. OnceRead more

Milestones!

August 30th 2023The 2023 Trees for Survival planting season has seen some wonderful milestones reached which we know will inspire our partners. We have acknowledged teachers who helped run the programme in schools fRead 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.