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The decision to chop the trees down was met with opposition at the time and resulted in a group protesting the removal with a months-long sit in. Auckland residents Averil and Warwick Norman made an application to the High Court against both the TMA and the council to halt the works, but that failed.
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The Tūpuna Maunga Authority’s decision to fell 345 exotic trees to make way for 13,000 native trees and plants on Ōwairaka/Mt Albert was met with a lot of controversy. When it came to awarding costs, the applicants asked for a reduction in the final amount because of the public interest in the tree battle and because the couple acted reasonably in their application.
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In a press release, the authority said it welcomed the judgment.
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People have been protesting the tree removal since November 2019. Chairman Paul Majurey said he was pleased the Court had recognised the Reserves Act legislation must be read in the context of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement. He also “embraced” the Court’s view that the treaty settlement legislation established the authority to govern maunga “while providing for the exercise of mana whenua and kaitiakitanga by the mana whenua of Tāmaki Makarau”. The authority said it remained committed to carrying out the plan for the ecological restoration of the maunga.
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