Aureate Reforestation

Aureate Reforestation Reforestation

Getting all the supplies ready for the goal of 50 trees planted per day.
23/08/2026

Getting all the supplies ready for the goal of 50 trees planted per day.

15/08/2026

Planted 50 trees today, thanks to Trees That Count and Waikato District Council.

New cage traps for those wily critters…
10/07/2026

New cage traps for those wily critters…

04/07/2026

Today we started work on another slip; this one is close to the beach and we’ve only just had the track cleared (it needed a digger) so this area can take a lot of trees. They need to be pretty robust and handle sun, wind and salt spray. We’re starting with tī kouka and takupurenga (coastal tree daisy - thanks to Brent and Hannah).

28/06/2026

A great overview of our project on a crisp winter's day. Our land is bordered by the pines on the left of the photo and the valley floor (at the start of the video). Thanks to Quentin for the drone footage.

We’ve spent the last couple of weeks working on this area. Today we we planting the top of the area to try and improve t...
20/06/2026

We’ve spent the last couple of weeks working on this area. Today we we planting the top of the area to try and improve the soil stability and decrease the erosion risk. But it has also been a lot of fun, climbing down into the gulley and planting forest giants in the regeneration to improve biodiversity.

We came across what we think is a kōtukutuku in the regeneration - the world’s largest fuchsia. We are pretty sure it i...
13/06/2026

We came across what we think is a kōtukutuku in the regeneration - the world’s largest fuchsia. We are pretty sure it is because of the flaky bark (hence its name fuchsia excortica) and because it doesn’t have many leaves (one of NZ’s few (only?) semi deciduous trees). We have planted a few of these trees but haven’t had a great survival rate so it’s great to see one has found its own way here and appears to be thriving. We’ll check back in spring to check for flowers.

The fun thing about 25 hectares is discovering new places. The creek arising from a spring became visible after the big ...
07/06/2026

The fun thing about 25 hectares is discovering new places. The creek arising from a spring became visible after the big rains we had in January. We’ve been planting around the top of it for the last month but today, we were on a mission cutting down wilding pines and woolly nightshade and ended up a lot further down the creek and were able to easily climb up to the top.

24/05/2026

As the forest grows, we’re spending increasingly time planting forest giants like this tawa.

What a wonderful weekend for planting - adding biodiversity to this area, planted initially in 2020.
16/05/2026

What a wonderful weekend for planting - adding biodiversity to this area, planted initially in 2020.

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