The owner of a Takapuna beachfront home has been fined $21,000 for illegal trimming of two pōhutukawa trees. So?

What a perfect precedent to confirm the added value of trees.

Turangi ratepayers wonder how much the fine would be for illegally destroying a protected mature Red Oak on Taupahi Road?

After careful calibration to maintain uniformity for the $ penalty relative to size, the Toe-Paw Council owes SWMBO a minimum of $100,000 to plant more trees to replace those pruned by the Toe-Paw Council.