Makikihi School pupils have become the first to plant trees
as part of a schools planting programme at Bushtown Heritage
Park in Waimate
Bushtown Waimate is establishing the park as a tourist
attraction, based on the Waimate district's pioneer timber
industry.
Bushtown Waimate chairman Allan Laurie told the children that
if they returned to the heritage park in 30 or 40 years, they
would see a forest, two sawmills in operation, an education
centre and "all sorts of paraphernalia" about sawmilling.
As well as the native trees, the children also planted "a
very special" totara tree which would have a plaque and also
GPS co-ordinates.
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