The Great Living Legends Muck-In

Whether you’re a tree lover or rugby enthusiast, we’d love you to join us planting native trees, honouring our rugby legends. Living Legends plantings are happening right throughout NZ during Rugby World Cup 2011, celebrating our treasured environment and our beloved game.

Living Legends is managing 17 native tree planting projects throughout New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011. We are working with provincial rugby unions and community groups for each planting, and we’d love overseas visitors and locals to join us in supporting and enjoying our natural heritage. As well as that we are honouring our rugby legends – each planting site is dedicated to a New Zealand rugby icon.

The Wellington Town Belt is an extensive area of reserve surrounding Wellington City and administered by the Wellington City Council. A section of the Belt passes behind Berhampore Golf Course west of Adelaide Road and through it passes the City to Sea walkway as well as the Golf Course Loop walk.

The site is perfect for the Living Legends initiative being a high profile area close to the city with high usage by walkers and excellent access for planting through the golf course. An extensive area is available for planting for both green field planting and enrichment of that which is already on the site.

Volunteers will plant 5000 additional native trees at this site as part of Living Legends programme of work – come and join us.

The Wellington/Wairarapa Rugby Legend is one of the best No 8s New Zealand has produced – Sir Brian Lochore.

Since his All Black days Brian Lochore has had a stellar rugby career, as a selector and also managing the All Blacks.

As well as receiving a knighthood in 1999, Sir Brian Lochore was inducted into the Order of New Zealand as an additional member in 2007; the Order of New Zealand is the country’s highest honour.