Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 24, 2021 3:31:37 GMT 12
MĀORI-LED GROUP PREPARES TO OCCUPY MT RICHMOND / ŌTĀHUHU TO SAVE HUNDREDS OF EXOTIC TREES
A Māori-led Māngere-Ōtāhuhu community group is preparing to occupy Mt Richmond / Ōtāhuhu after learning that Auckland Council has recently issued a non-notified resource consent to allow Tūpuna Maunga Authority to fell hundreds of exotic trees there.
Local resident Shirley Waru (Te Rarawa o Ngāpui / Te Uri o Tai) lives nearby and has been growing increasingly concerned about the Authority’s plans to rid Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland’s volcanic cones of around 2500 non-native trees.
Ms Waru, who leads the Respect Mt Richmond / Ōtāhuhu group, does not know exactly when the Authority plans to take Mt Richmond’s trees down but says she and other locals will occupy the maunga if and when the chainsaws come out......
respectmtrichmond.org.nz/2021/09/23/media-release-maori-led-group-prepares-to-occupy-mt-richmond-otahuhu-to-save-hundreds-of-exotic-trees/
A Māori-led Māngere-Ōtāhuhu community group is preparing to occupy Mt Richmond / Ōtāhuhu after learning that Auckland Council has recently issued a non-notified resource consent to allow Tūpuna Maunga Authority to fell hundreds of exotic trees there.
Local resident Shirley Waru (Te Rarawa o Ngāpui / Te Uri o Tai) lives nearby and has been growing increasingly concerned about the Authority’s plans to rid Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland’s volcanic cones of around 2500 non-native trees.
Ms Waru, who leads the Respect Mt Richmond / Ōtāhuhu group, does not know exactly when the Authority plans to take Mt Richmond’s trees down but says she and other locals will occupy the maunga if and when the chainsaws come out......
respectmtrichmond.org.nz/2021/09/23/media-release-maori-led-group-prepares-to-occupy-mt-richmond-otahuhu-to-save-hundreds-of-exotic-trees/