RMA Reform Bill – Urgent Submissions Required The latest Resource Management Reform Bill before Parliament is written so that, if it passed into law, there will be NO forms of tree protection allowed in any Local Authority’s district plan apart from the scheduling of notable trees. Many of you have been through the process of nominating trees for… Continue Reading
Trees have a unique place in our environment. Without them, human life as we know it would not exist. Trees conserve water, make our air breathable, absorb air pollution, support our slopes and form the hub of enormous underground micro-environments that strengthen soil and foster insect life.
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Tracks Closed to Protect Kauri in Waitakere Ranges From 1 July, Auckland Council will be closing 13 “kauri protection zones” in Waitakere Ranges Regional Park to protect kauri from kauri dieback disease. This will involve closing 27km of tracks in the ranges. Areas protected are those where tracks run through kauri stands that appear to… Continue Reading
Our Website The Tree Council website at www.thetreecouncil.org.nz has had a major facelift, so check out the new look next time you’re online. Many thanks to Dale Richie at Web Folio and Jill Segedin for the design and hosting. We have transferred all the information across from the old site and reorganized it so you… Continue Reading
Sigrid Shayer, 12 December 1955 to 11 March 2012 Sigrid Shayer, the former Chair of the Auckland Tree Council, passed away in March this year at the age of fifty-six. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer early in 2011. Many of those in the arboricultural scene in Auckland will be aware of her tireless… Continue Reading
Rosebank Road Trees As of mid July the situation regarding the Oak and Pohutukawa trees in Rosebank Road, Avondale is that The Tree Council, Connell Place Ltd (CPL) and Auckland Council (AC) have had two meetings to discuss the two different plans that CPL want to put forward as resource consent applications. From those two… Continue Reading
Property Council of NZ Environment Court case 2012 Earlier this year the Property Council of New Zealand sought to have the Environment Court case decision of May 2011 reconsidered. The Environment Court decision handed down last year, in answer to the request by North Shore City Council, Waitakere District Council and the Auckland Regional Council … Continue Reading
Pohutukawa, Mairangi Bay In April, The Tree Council received a phonecall from a woman who was quite distraught about Council wanting to remove a tree on her property. It took several calls to get the full picture, as she became quite emotional each time the subject was raised with her. Eventually it all became clear… Continue Reading
Auckland Tree Protection Rules – What you need to know CHECK BEFORE YOU CHOP on 09 301 0101. They say that a camel is a horse that was designed by committee. Well, the Parliamentary select committee, the Minister for the Environment, Members of Parliament, The Environment Court, Council Officers, Local Board members, Council’s Regional Development… Continue Reading
Rosebank Road progress. The Tree Council (TTC) has been working towards saving the Pohutukawa and Oak trees growing on 321Rosebank Road for some time now (2.5 years) as you are probably aware. The Pohutukawa was refused consent for removal by Auckland Council (AC) in 2011 and the developer of the site Connell Place Ltd (CPL) took this decision to… Continue Reading
Trees in the Urban Environment 2012 Once again The Tree Council (Auckland) is running their Trees in the Urban Environment course. Please come and find out more about Auckland’s urban trees. The course runs every other week, Wednesday evening & Saturday from 5 September to Saturday 20 October. On successful completion of the course participants will… Continue Reading
The Tree Council has recently had a conversation with a senior Auckland Council official about submissions to the Plan Change process supporting the addition of nominated trees to the various Schedules of Notable trees within 6 of the 7 original Council District Plans. If you have any further trees you wish to put forward for… Continue Reading
It was with great sadness that we learnt of Jim Holdaway’s death on the 14th January 2012. Jim was a founding member of The Tree Council back in 1985, along with John Morton, John Hogan and Ian Barton. This group of forward thinking men were concerned at the destruction of mature trees within the Councils… Continue Reading
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