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.