The Tree Council’s Secretary Dr Mels Barton is a speaker at this free workshop for professional arborists & landscapers, along with Stacy Colyer (Director of Greenscene NZ) and Jessica Hiscox (Sustainability Manager for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei).The event is sponsored by Auckland Council and NZARB – New Zealand Arboricultural Association Inc. The event will be hosted Read More …

Media release: for immediate release Wednesday 19 May 2021 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 will Read More …

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 Christine Fletcher and Cathy Casey who approached the Mayor about getting the tree replaced on the Read More …

Open letter to Auckland Council Compliance Department  Cc: Jim Stabback, CEO Auckland Council His Worship the Mayor Phil Goff Linda Cooper, Chair Regulatory Committee Tracy Mulholland, Whau Ward Councillor Kay Thomas, Chair Whau Local Board Media 5 April 2021 Re: Illegal removal of titoki tree within rootzone of scheduled pohutukawa at 52-58 Canal Rd, Avondale Read More …

Auckland Council’s Chief Executive has today exerted his delegated authority and decided to give landowner approval, without any form of public process, for the removal of the scheduled macrocarpa tree at 1817 Great North Road Avondale. The Tree Council is disgusted at the way this public heritage asset on public land has been handled by Read More …

The following letter has been sent to Auckland Council from The Tree Council tonight. If you would like to receive the accompanying reports please email our Secretary on melsbarton@gmail.com Thank you for the opportunity to present the views of The Tree Council regarding the proposed removal of the scheduled macrocarpa tree at 1817 Great North Road, Read More …

Media Release – for immediate release: Sunday 8 November 2020 Auckland Council’s Planning Committee voted on Thursday 5 November to abandon any idea of adding more trees to the Unitary Plan’s Schedule 10 Notable Trees “until resources allow” despite an appeal at the meeting by The Tree Council to prioritise this work that would cost Read More …

Media release: for immediate release 12 October 2020   LABOUR PROMISE NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR KAURI AGAIN   The Tree Council welcomes the recent announcement by the Labour Party to invest $32m over the next five years to implement essential work to protect kauri. https://www.labour.org.nz/release-labour-commits-to-stronger-protection-for-our-native-kauri The policy promises to deliver a National Pest Management Read More …

Media release: for immediate release 11 October 2020   PROMISES PROMISES FOR PROTECTING OUR TREES   The Tree Council recently wrote to the leaders of all the major parties in the 2020 general election asking them to “make a commitment to support and enable the specific reinstatement of general tree protection on private land via Read More …

  The Tree Council and Waitakere Ranges Protection Society welcome the recent announcement by the Green Party to invest $50m over the next two years to implement essential work to protect kauri. https://www.greens.org.nz/greens_commit_to_protecting_kauri After constant lobbying for more investment and clear policy on this issue over the last decade The Tree Council and Waitakere Ranges Read More …