Back Issues: When Arbor Day was a festive occasion
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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. From 1890, Arbor Day in New Zealand was celebrated in the first week of August. Trees would be planted, usually in schools, public places, official parks and gardens. In 1965, twenty Norfolk pines were planted in Aorangi Street, Feilding, to mark the day. Fifteen have survived to date (2025). Arbor Day changed in 1977 to early June to combine with World Environment Day.
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- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- August 2, 2025
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- 2025Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_043586
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- IMCA Digital Archive
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- Marilyn Wightman
- Place
- Feilding
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