Sunday, 7 March 2021, 3:06 pm
A
community-led campaign to save Campbells Bay School’s
iconic roadside pohutukawa trees has succeeded.
At a
4th March zoom meeting with Save Campbells Bay School Trees
action group, Ministry of Education officials presented a
scheme for re-locating the school’s urgently-needed new
classroom block. The revised plan sets the building an
additional 4.5 metres back from the school’s road
boundary, leaving room for the main stand of five pohutukawa
to be retained following limited root reduction and
canopy trimming.
Save Campbells Bay School Trees
spokesperson Jenny Chamberlain says the group is delighted
with the outcome. “It’s win win for everyone involved.