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Dead End For Black Beech Trees In Upper Hutt
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 2:11 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council is appalled that Upper Hutt City Council is poised to destroy an avenue of fourteen mature native black beech trees next week in order to widen a dead end road at Katherine Mansfield Drive. More >>
RE: Huia Water Treatment Plant Appeals Settled
Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 9:31 am | The Tree Council Inc
After 7.5 years of communication with Watercare regarding the location of a replacement water treatment plant in the west Auckland suburb of Titirangi, the two main parties running Environment Court appeals of the consents issued by Auckland Council have ... More >>
Together We Stopped The Chop
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 8:50 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council is delighted that the Government’s Natural and Built Environment Bill has passed its third and final reading and will become law. The Bill was significantly amended as a result of the thousands of submissions received by the Environment Select ... More >>
We Need Tree Protection Before The Election
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 8:02 am | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council is waiting to see the outcome of the thousands of submissions calling for the reinstatement of urban tree protection on the Natural and Built Environment Bill, which is due to come back to Parliament this month for its second reading. ... More >>
New Powerlines Regulations A Hazard To Trees
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 10:56 am | The Tree Council Inc
The Government, through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), is asking for feedback regarding their discussion document on the review of the Electricity (Hazards from Trees) Regulations 2003. These are the regulations that determine how ... More >>
Trees Prevent Floods - So, Stop The Chop!
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 12:55 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council is experiencing first hand, along with everyone else, the worst ravages of the flooding, landslips, chaos and carnage currently engulfing Auckland. The record-breaking rainfall and its unprecedented intensity is a clear signal of ... More >>
Stop The Chop Again - Last Chance To Protect Urban Trees
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 7:54 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Government recently introduced new legislation to replace the Resource Management Act and this is currently in select committee. The Tree Council is calling on the public to make submissions on this new law now. This will be our last and final opportunity ... More >>
Re: National Planning Framework Timing Critical
Monday, 21 November 2022, 7:01 am | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council welcomes the Labour Government’s announcement that they plan to re-introduce controls to enable local councils to better protect urban trees in the National Planning Framework as part of the Natural and Built Environments Act. ... More >>
Draft NBEA Legislation Fails Trees And All Our Futures
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 3:44 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council is angry and disappointed that the Labour Government has failed to deliver any improvement in the protection of urban trees in its draft legislation to replace the Resource Management Act, which had its first reading in Parliament ... More >>
Planning Committee Agrees To Schedule More Notable Trees
Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 7:54 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council welcomes the recent Auckland Council Planning Committee’s decision to put forward additional trees to be added to Schedule 10 (Notable Trees) in the upcoming notification of the August 2022 Unitary Plan change. In addition, the Committee ... More >>
Judicial Review Of Auckland Tree Schedule Settled
Sunday, 17 July 2022, 8:28 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council is delighted to announce that we have settled, with an out-of-court agreement with Auckland Council, our judicial review of Auckland Council’s November 2020 decision not to allocate any resources to the management of Schedule 10 (Notable ... More >>
Mt Eden Pohutukawa Will Be Scheduled
Friday, 29 April 2022, 10:33 am | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council is delighted to announce that the Independent Hearing Commissioners have granted Plan Change 68, and the notable pohutukawa that sits on top of a volcanic feature in the garden of the property at 8 Eglinton Avenue, Mt Eden will be retained ... More >>
Court Action Pushes Auckland Council To Process Tree Nominations
Sunday, 27 February 2022, 6:49 pm | The Tree Council Inc
Canal Road, Avondale by David Lockhart The Tree Council lodged proceedings in the High Court in November 2021 against Auckland Council’s decision not to process any of the 587 nominations it has received over the last 7-10 years to schedule trees ... More >>
The Tree Council Lodges Judicial Review Against Auckland Council
Monday, 8 November 2021, 3:39 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council has lodged proceedings in the High Court against Auckland Council’s decision not to process any of the 587 nominations it has received over the last 7-10 years to schedule trees as Notable Trees since the creation of Schedule 10 (Notable ... More >>
Stop The Chop Sends Clear Message To The Government
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 6:04 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The recent Stop the Chop campaign run by The Tree Council and supported by NZ Arb has sent a very clear message to the Government that protection of urban trees on private land is an issue that New Zealanders care deeply about. In a period of 10 ... More >>
Save Our Urban Forests! Less Than 2 Weeks To Stop The Chop
Monday, 26 July 2021, 7:12 am | The Tree Council Inc
A new campaign to stop the cutting down of mature trees in New Zealand’s cities has launched today. Kiwis have until August 4th to make an urgent Stop The Chop submission to ask the government to include protection of our urban forests in their newly proposed ... More >>
The Tree Council Appeals Huia Water Treatment Plant Decision
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 4:50 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council has today lodged an appeal in the Environment Court against the decision to grant consent for tree removal and earthworks to enable Watercare’s Huia Water Treatment Plant to be built on Manuka Road in Titirangi. The broad community ... More >>
Agreement Reached To Save Mt Eden Pohutukawa
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 6:47 pm | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council is delighted to announce that an agreement has been reached with both the landowner of 8 Eglinton Ave and Auckland Council that will ensure that the notable pohutukawa that sits on top of a volcanic feature in the garden of the property ... More >>
Mt Eden Pohutukawa Saved By Community Action
Monday, 3 May 2021, 5:59 am | The Tree Council Inc
The Tree Council’s Board Member Mark Lockhart was not prepared to stand by and allow Auckland Council’s “clerical error” to result in the destruction of a landmark pohutukawa in Mt Eden. Instead he started a petition and lobbied Councillors ... More >>
Open Letter To Auckland Council Compliance Department
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 5:41 am | The Tree Council Inc
Re: Illegal removal of titoki tree within rootzone of scheduled pohutukawa at 52-58 Canal Rd, Avondale on 9 March 2021 Open letter to Auckland Council Compliance Department Cc: Jim Stabback, CEO Auckland Council His Worship the Mayor Phil Goff Linda Cooper, ... More >>