Urban chainsaw silenced
QUICK ACTION by Central Auckland branch members in January saw a human chain formed around a 150-year-old pohutukawa to protect it from being felled. The magnificent Mt Albert specimen stands 20 m tall and measures 7 m in girth. The property on which it stands was recently sold and the new owner wanted it felled. Unfortunately, two big branches were sawn off before the Auckland members’ speedy action which resulted in good media coverage and an emergency council meeting. A notice was rushed to the owner warning her the tree would be listed in the district scheme. The felling contractor had by this time backed off in the face of the resistance from the tree rescuers. Once the tree has been given a protected listing in the council's district scheme, as one of Auckland's notable trees it should be safe from further attack.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 May 1991, Page 11
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146Urban chainsaw silenced Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 May 1991, Page 11
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