Hāwera High School horticulture students assist with native tree planting

Matthew Dillon-Springfield (left), Te Poutokomanawa Kupe-King, Harrison Nicholas, Brody Lott and teacher Malcolm McKercher. Photo / Supplied

A group of Hāwera High School Year 12 horticulture students assisted at the annual restoration planting day at the Nowell's Lakes Walkways on Wednesday, August 12.

The planting day was organised by the Normanby and Districts Lions Club.

Five-hundred native trees, gifted to the Nowell's Lakes Walkway Trust by the South Taranaki District Council and Trees That Count, were planted.