Big effort to plant 7000 native trees on Slope Hill

Volunteers from the tourism industry have helped plant a legacy in Queenstown.

In a collaboration between Queenstown’s Whakatipu Reforestation Trust (WRT) and Mana Tāhuna, 80 volunteers from the tourism industry planted 1000 trees at a site on Slope Hill yesterday.

WRT operations manager Karen O’Donahoo said there was a huge desire with businesses and groups to do team building in a way that made a difference.

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