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Doing dirty work for the tree trust

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +1300

Staff from a Gisborne law firm got their hands dirty on Friday... weeding, mulching and planting native trees on Kaiti Hill.

Woodward Chrisp Lawyers teamed up with volunteers from the Women's Native Tree Project Trust (WNTPT) to muck in near the top of Kaiti Hill, in a belated effort for conservation week.

About 30 native plants, including manuka, tarata, mahoe and whau were planted in an effort to bring back insects and birds to the area, said spokeswoman for the WNTPT, Kauri Forno.

Woodward Chrisp, whose own Gisborne roots date back to 1926, had long been a supporter of charitable causes such as Loud Shirt Day - raising money for the Hearing House and the Souther Cochlear Implant Paediatric Programme, said Michelle England, practice manager.

But the team decided to make their charitable contributions closer to the community where the firm was based.

"We wanted to do something closer to home,so this project really appealed to us... we thought it was something we could do,"said partner Ross Revington.

The native trees were donated by WNTPT nursery and the mulch was gifted by Gisborne business Arborcare, said Ms Forno.

Welcome to our new website

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1200

We thought it was about time to update our website. Our old site was about 5 years old and in the world of the internet, 5 years is like 20 years.

Rotorua Ekiden

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:29:24 +1300

Woodward Chrisp recently entered a team in the Ekiden Marathon Relay in Rotorua. The team members were Ross Revington, Adam Simperingham, Ellie Fitzgerald, Bryony Shackell, Aaron McIlroy, and Maja Harris. A great weekend was had by all and it was a good team building experience. There were a few sore bodies the next day but nothing a soak in the heated pools didn't fix.

Team Woodward Chrisp finished 70^th out of 112 total finishers with a time of 4 hours, 12 minutes, 31 seconds.

The HI-TEC Rotorua Ekiden Relay is run around the roads encircling beautiful Lake Rotorua in October . An internationally recognised event, the Ekiden relay is run over the marathon distance of 42.2km and consists of teams of six competitors who wear a traditional Japanese tasuki sash instead of carrying a baton. Clubs, companies/businesses, social groups or schools can enter teams for the 10th HI-TEC Rotorua Ekiden Relay.The shortest leg of the relay is 5km and the longest 10km.