What an Arborist’s Report Should Contain Before You Apply for Consent
The first arborist’s report I ever handed to a council planner came back with a sticky note: “this is a […]
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Rules & Boundaries
Planting Under Established Trees in Rotorua: Shade, Roots and Geothermal Ground
In 2019 I spent a winter on a line-clearance contract around Rotorua, working the roads between Ngongotahā and the lake […]
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Who Owns the Tree on the Boundary Line? Overhanging Branches and Fallen Fruit
Last autumn I was sent to Aldwins Road in Linwood to cut back a plum tree dropping fruit onto a […]
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Significant Trees in the Christchurch District Plan: What the Schedule Means for Your Section
A friend went to an open home in Merivale in March 2025, a two-storey villa on a quarter-acre section with […]
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Working Under Kauri Dieback Rules in the Waitākere Foothills
In November 2024 I was asked to report on a 14-metre kauri growing 6 metres from a 1970s pole house […]
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Pōhutukawa Over the Boundary: Pruning Coastal Trees at Mount Maunganui
In March 2023 I stood on a deck at Mount Maunganui with a tape across a pōhutukawa limb. In five […]