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Plant 2,850 native trees around the Pioneer riverbank in Auckland
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Pioneer riverbank needs $950 for saplings and equipment.
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The Pioneer riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 82 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 171 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, including native species selected by a local botanist.
The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade.
All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $950 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $240
• Waste removal and skip hire: $420
• Tools and protective gear: $290
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Dylan
We're at 14% thanks to 3 of you. the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. More news soon.
Update from Auckland: I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. We're at 6% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
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Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best
Thanks for sharing this, Dylan. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Take care.
Wishing you the best, Dylan. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'll check back for the next update. Love from London
Take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Jaffna
wishing you peace, Dylan. This could happen to any of us. God bless
Keep going, Dylan. I hope things turn around soon
good luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best
Shared this with my family. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless.
best of luck, Dylan. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.
Praying for you, Dylan. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Auckland.
rooting for you. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best.
Hang in there. More neighborhoods should do this. My husband and I read this together. Blessings.