ODT Friday, 20 July 2018
Excerpt -"Living memorials in the form of 20 silver beech trees have been planted in the Signal Hill Reserve to honour past and present service men and women.
Forestry and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Minister for the Environment David Parker yesterday placed the first of the 20 young trees, rather fittingly almost alongside a silver beech planted 20 years ago as part of the work of the late Les Cleveland, a former Dunedin businessman and philanthropist.
Yesterday's symbolic ceremony was a forerunner of a significant Matariki Tu Rakau commemorative community tree planting project next month. The project, started between MPI and Forestry, will involve the planting of 350,000 trees throughout New Zealand."