Rugby
Wairarapa rugby great Sir Brian Lochore will muck in alongside volunteers to complete the Living Legends planting project in Wellington on Saturday, August 24.
Living Legends is a conservation project established in 2011 to leave a legacy of New Zealand's Rugby World Cup hosting by planting trees with Rugby Legends throughout New Zealand. A staggering 129,000 native trees have been planted so far and the project will be completed with another 41,000 at 14 locations this year.
Each planting project is dedicated to a Rugby Legend from the region. The Rugby Legends were selected in 2011 by each region's provincial rugby union. Sir Brian was selected as the Wellington/Wairarapa Rugby Legend and will help volunteers complete the planting project in Wellington.
Living Legends has been planting on a section of the Wellington Town Belt where it passes behind Berhampore Golf Course, on the City to Sea walkway. After this year's planting day, volunteers will have planted 11,000 native trees there.