Silly justifications for tree law
The Herald reports: Homeowners whose trees are illegally chopped down by neighbours will no longer be able to count on council help once a proposed law change likely to become final this week is...
View ArticleNZ Herald on trees
A Herald editorial: Tree protectors have done their case no favours by fudging the issue on which they object to one of the Government’s imminent changes to the Resource Management Act. They have...
View ArticleGreat column on trees
Graeme Platt is an ecologist and sums up the trees issue: The fundamental provocateurs in the conflict are entirely those who possess no trees, imposing their will on people who do. Responsible...
View ArticleNot public trees
The Herald reports: Aucklanders hoping to save a favourite tree from being chopped when the law changes in 2012 could face a $20,000 bill. A planning report for Auckland City Council estimated that as...
View ArticleFirst they came for the trees …
Claire Browning blogs on trees: I want you – the 87 percent of you who live in a city or town in New Zealand – to have a think about trees. What do trees mean to you? Shade on a baking day like today;...
View ArticleThey are not your trees!
David Cunliffe blogs at Red Alert: Resolve is building to save our trees Resolve is really building in West Auckland to stop National’s chainsaw massacre in the Waitakere Ranges. Te Atatū Labour MP...
View ArticleThe Kapiti tree police
The Dom Post reports: A pair of elderly environmentalists are being taken to court for felling and trimming native trees they believed were rotten and dangerous. So did this couple stroll onto public...
View ArticleAdams blasts tree police
Stuff reports: Environment Minister Amy Adams has leapt to the defence of an elderly couple being prosecuted for felling and trimming native trees, saying the case shows why the Resource Management Act...
View ArticleUnable to cut down his own dangerous tree!
Stuff reports: Every time the wind blows Craig Newth and his family worry what will happen to a 25 metre gum tree that towers over their house. The Beach Haven, Auckland, resident says he doesn’t...
View ArticleTree prosecutions unwarranted
Stuff reports: Kapiti Coast District Council’s prosecution of two elderly Otaki couples for trimming native trees was “inappropriate”, and “fell short of what was needed”, according to an independent...
View ArticleSaving the kauri?
The Herald reports: Protests have caused the Government to discuss a council decision allowing the destruction of old kauri and rimu trees. … Yet Ms Barry said claims the kauri was up to 500 years old...
View ArticleThe poor owners submit
Stuff reports: Owners of the Titirangi site, John Lenihan and Jane Greensmith, have released an open letter stating they will not cut down the trees. “Over the past few days we have been overwhelmed...
View ArticleThe other side of the kauri tree issue
Whale blogged an e-mail from an Auckland Council manager which gives us a lot of information that we never got through the media: From: Julie Bevan Sent: Monday, 16 March 2015 5:02 p.m. To: GRP AC...
View ArticleThe kauri tree that keeps getting older
Stuff reports: The group protecting an ancient West Auckland kauri tree say it was attacked early on Wednesday morning. The Titirangi tree, which experts say is impossible to age accurately but could...
View ArticleShould not need to go to court to fell a dangerous tree
The Herald reports: The Environment Court has refused an Auckland man’s application to remove a huge tree from his heritage property Valhalla because of a legal technicality – despite it presenting an...
View ArticleNeighbours should plant their own trees
Stuff reports: A man who has battled Auckland officials for 10 years for the go-ahead to remove a dangerous norfolk pine is amazed a similar tree is being felled without permission. Paul Walker has...
View ArticlePlant your own tree
Stuff reports: Neighbours are furious a landmark tree in Christchurch is being cut down. “This owner has spat on the whole community,” said Mt Pleasant resident Eddie du Plessis, who lives two doors...
View ArticleSafety before trees
Stuff reports: John and Margaret Chatterley say they have explored every option to save their protected pohutukawa tree, but fear it may destroy their house. The Auckland couple has applied for...
View ArticleSilly justifications for tree law
The Herald reports: Homeowners whose trees are illegally chopped down by neighbours will no longer be able to count on council help once a proposed law change likely to become final this week is...
View ArticleNZ Herald on trees
A Herald editorial: Tree protectors have done their case no favours by fudging the issue on which they object to one of the Government’s imminent changes to the Resource Management Act. They have...
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