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Celebrating trees

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Celebrating trees

A cairn at the southern entrance to Greytown marks the centenary of the first Arbor Day planting in New Zealand, which took place in the town in 1890.

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa places – Greytown, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12024/celebrating-trees (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 2 March 2009, updated 11 June 2015.