In partnership with Christchurch City Council, as part of the Rotary Forests of Peace and Remembrance, in the Dallington Landing site, CVNZ volunteers are helping to create a forest in Christchurch's red zone. Around 40,000 different trees, shrubs and grasses to increase biodiversity and recreate a forest-type environment.

Plaque ceremony at Dallington (now named Ōtautahi Urban Forest) involving Christchurch Rotary on 29 May 2023.