Plant a tree on Motuihe Island

Help replant a forest with native trees

The perfect gift for life - For just NZ$75

Plant A Kauri (Hayley & Dad) May 2008   

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When you sponsor a Motuihe Kauri tree or a Puriri tree or a Pohutukawa tree, your name or the name of your choice will be recorded as the registered sponsor on our database. You will receive a full colour certificate showing the unique tree ID number and details of the precise location of the tree in longitude and latitude derived from the Global Positioning System. (GPS)

You can plant the tree or we can plant it for you. You can visit the tree and you may be able to see it after a few years on Google by inserting the GPS coordinates. 

Alternatively you can see them individually (e.g. Cert No.1) if you go to www.projectplotter.com, choose "Motuihe - Tree Sponsorship" from the first drop down box and then click the big yellow "Search" button. This will show all of the donated trees, you can then click the "Plot All" button or select an individual one if you want to see the details.

The total cost per tree is NZ$75 inclusive of all charges

You can sponsor a tree in two ways:

1. Purchase online now: Click here

2. Purchase by post: Download and print the order form and return the order form by post to Motuihe Trust, PO Box 42056, Orakei, Auckland, New Zealand.

 Flowering Pohutukawa above Ocean Beach, Copyright L Badham  Flowering Pohutukawa, Ocean Beach. Copyright L Badham

Pohutukawa
(Metrosideros excelsa) 
Best known of New Zealand coastal trees because of its attractive wide-spreading habit and the profusion of red flowers it bears about Christmas time hence it is commonly known as the NZ Christmas Tree.  Will grow to more than 20metres.  

 Warkworth Kauri. Copyright DOC Kauri Leaf, Orchard Bush. Copyright Motuihe Trust   
Kauri
(Agathis australis)
Will grow to more than 50metres with a girth of  up to16metres.  Used to cover most of the North Island of NZ more than 1000years ago.  Trees were used for boat building, carving, house building.

 Puriri Trees, Orchard Bush. Copyright L Badham Puriri, Orchard Bush. Copyright L Badham   Puriri Leaf, Orchard Bush. Copyright L Badham  Puriri Flower, Orchard Bush. Copyright L Badham
Puriri
(Vitex lucens)
The Puriri tree can grow up to 20 m tall, with a trunk commonly up to 1.5 m in diameter, frequently thicker, and a broad spreading crown. Puriri was actively and selectively logged in the past to provided timber for a wide range of end uses.  Puriri bears fruit year round for nectar loving birds.  Puriri is highly valued as an aid in increasing kereru (native pigeon) populations.
 

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