Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 11, 2020 4:29:23 GMT 12
ŌWAIRAKA/MT ALBERT TREE WAR HEADS TO HIGH COURT AS AUCKLAND CITIZENS TAKE ON TŪPUNA MAUNGA AUTHORITY
An Auckland couple have taken the Tūpuna Maunga Authority (TMA) to the High Court over its plans to topple hundreds of exotic trees atop a city maunga.
Auckland residents Averil Rosemary Norman and Warwick Bruce Norman alleged the TMA's decision was made without proper planning or consultation, during a judicial review in the High Court at Auckland this week.
But the TMA, which is behind the plans to remove 345 non-native trees at Ōwairaka/Mt Albert as part of a native restoration programme, says that criticism is unfounded and ignores principles of the Treaty of Waitangi......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12338116
An Auckland couple have taken the Tūpuna Maunga Authority (TMA) to the High Court over its plans to topple hundreds of exotic trees atop a city maunga.
Auckland residents Averil Rosemary Norman and Warwick Bruce Norman alleged the TMA's decision was made without proper planning or consultation, during a judicial review in the High Court at Auckland this week.
But the TMA, which is behind the plans to remove 345 non-native trees at Ōwairaka/Mt Albert as part of a native restoration programme, says that criticism is unfounded and ignores principles of the Treaty of Waitangi......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12338116