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- Nationwide – approved One Billion Trees applications
- North Island – approved One Billion Trees applications
- South Island – approved One Billion Trees applications
Nationwide – approved One Billion Trees applications
Direct grants provide funding to landowners, iwi, and community groups for creating new forests. The forests are established through direct planting or returning the land to native forest cover (also called 'natural reversion'). Each planting has a minimum of 750 trees and shrubs per hectare, planted as live stems or regenerated through land management.
Planting began in May 2019 and will continue until 2028 when all projects will be complete. As of 30 September 2024, the total value of direct grants funded is $61,871,723 across 503 approved applications.
Note: Tree numbers in the tables below are estimates based on the minimum number of stems per hectare for each planting.
North Island – approved One Billion Trees applications
| Region | Number of exotic plantings and eligible hectares | Number of native plantings and eligible hectares | Total number of plantings and eligible hectares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland $2,063,309 |
1 planting 6 hectares 8,760 trees |
28 plantings 253 hectares 948,648 trees |
29 plantings 259 hectares 957,408 trees |
| Bay of Plenty $1,213,691 |
3 plantings 40 hectares 33,781 trees |
29 plantings 281 hectares 605,063 trees |
32 plantings 321 hectares 638,844 trees |
| Gisborne $2,864,869 |
3 plantings 23 hectares 25,122 trees |
16 plantings 769 hectares 1,277,898 trees |
19 plantings 792 hectares 1,303,020 trees |
| Hawke's Bay $6,805,332 |
11 plantings 417 hectares 436,526 trees |
57 plantings 2,595 hectares 3,048,071 trees |
68 plantings 3,012 hectares 3,484,597 trees |
| Manawatu-Whanganui $5,927,458 |
7 plantings 178 hectares 153,991 trees |
37 plantings 2,191 hectares 2,811,415 trees |
44 plantings 2,369 hectares 2,965,406 trees |
| Northland $4,087,685 |
8 plantings 299 hectares 353,815 trees |
58 plantings 790 hectares 1,796,401 trees |
66 plantings 1,089 hectares 2,150,216 trees |
| Taranaki $2,084,693 |
4 plantings 194 hectares 193,684 trees |
13 plantings 642 hectares 815,743 trees |
17 plantings 836 hectares 1,009,427 trees |
| Waikato $3,293,744 |
5 plantings 64 hectares 59,233 trees |
34 plantings 307 hectares 793,867 trees |
39 plantings 371 hectares 853,100 trees |
| Wellington $3,723,997 |
6 plantings 345 hectares 362,495 trees |
20 plantings 574 hectares 839,308 trees |
26 plantings 920 hectares 1,201,803 trees |
| Total $32,064,778 |
48 plantings 1,566 hectares 1,627,407 trees |
292 plantings 8,404 hectares 12,936,414 trees |
340 plantings 9,969 hectares 14,563,821 trees |
South Island – approved One Billion Trees applications
| Region | Number of exotic plantings and eligible hectares | Number of native plantings and eligible hectares | Total number of plantings and eligible hectares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury $14,620,044 |
43 plantings 4,227 hectares 4,281,175 trees |
52 plantings 2,323 hectares 1,593,845 trees |
95 plantings 6,550 hectares 5,875,020 trees |
| Chatham Islands $1,053,555 |
0 plantings | 3 plantings 176 hectares 199,514 trees |
3 plantings 176 hectares 199,514 trees |
| Marlborough $3,078,522 |
8 plantings 485 hectares 483,687 trees |
10 plantings 791 hectares 566,398 trees |
18 plantings 1,276 hectares 1,050,085 trees |
| Nelson $349,565 |
0 plantings | 2 plantings 78 hectares 125,068 trees |
2 plantings 78 hectares 125,068 trees |
| Otago $6,508,965 |
20 plantings 569 hectares 653,889 trees |
23 plantings 1,059 hectares 1,397,022 trees |
43 plantings 1,627 hectares 2,050,911 trees |
| Southland $1,424,265 |
11 plantings 297 hectares 353,603 trees |
14 plantings 259 hectares 287,690 trees |
25 plantings 557 hectares 641,293 trees |
| Tasman $2,723,900 |
6 plantings 185 hectares 238,676 trees |
15 plantings 197 hectares 249,914 trees |
21 plantings 381 hectares 488,590 trees |
| West Coast $48,130 |
1 plantings 8 hectares 6,315 trees |
2 plantings 7 hectares 19,440 trees |
3 plantings 15 hectares 25,755 trees |
| Total $29,806,946 |
89 plantings 5,771 hectares 6,017,345 trees |
121 plantings 4,889 hectares 4,438,891 trees |
210 plantings 10,660 hectares 10,456,236 trees |
