According to the Evening Post, reports received by the Education Department show that the children attending the various native schools in the colony take a great interest in the celebration of Arbor Day. Many, of the elder Maoris who live close to the schools are also much interested" in the work of tree planting, and in one district fTe Matai, Tauranga), some of tlie ex-pupils have subscribed to urchase trees and shrubs in Auckland for planting the local school grounds.
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Thames Star, Volume xxx, Issue 9450, 28 September 1899, Page 1
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