Auckland City, Nz tree regulations

treekiwi

Under the RMA ( resource management act 1992) councils are obligated to control resource management as outlined in the act and in Auckland Citys case is:

Blanket tree protection for all tree species with designaitions for native and exotic trees:

Native trees protected over 6m in height and 600mm in diameter at bh(breast height)

Exotic trees protected over 8m in height and 800mm in diameter at bh.

Resource consents are required for any pruning or removal of protected trees over the designation and work without consent is to be done only with hand shears(secatuers).

Dead trees and weed species are exempt.

Councils outside Auckland have limited protection including a list of protected trees and a number of 'Scheduled' trees which effectively means not even dead twigs can be snapped off without consent.

jim1nz

Treekiwi hows it going, these regulations have been in place for a while now, do you know how long exactly? The RMA took effect in 1992 but when were the tree protection laws created and how were/are they policed past and present?

This is benificial for the trees in Auckland but whats your take on it?

Cheers Jimmy

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jim1nz

Good to see another kiwi around and about too bro

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Ekka

I understand the DBH thing but the height tag gets me.

You see, GCCC here has a ht tag too, 4m I think. So bamboo would be protected and many other skinny tall things like pencil pines and palms?

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JohN Dee

That's where the weeds list comes into it. Our weeds list isn't that detailed but covers 13 commen weeds including the cocos palm .

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treekiwi

Hi Guys,
Jim i believe that its been in effect since 95' but i will have to check, as far as my take goes, it has its benefits and negatives. The main benefit is stopping developers bulldozing sections but the main dis-advantage is that it can take up to 3 months for a consent to get processed and its not garanteed a result. also some of the council arborists seem to be de-tached from what the tree industry is about and at the end of the day everyone is there to make a dollar not necessarily massicure trees.
Also there is alot of politically driven problems especially when dealing with historic trees and scheduled "phoenix palms' which means every little old lady can have there say on a tree issue, i think they should leave it up to the people than know.

jim1nz

Interesting to hear your take on it

Sounds like you have been hanging around Rob Graham too long haha, jokes

Where are you from in NZ? When did you study at WINTEC?

Going down to nationals this year mate?

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treekiwi

The little albino can be a wise one at times LOL from Auckland, same year as you jimmy and finished diploma last year, just started a month ago out on my own after the consultancy buzz got 2 boring, just setting up, where you at atm?
Matt

jim1nz

Haha hows it bro, asking a few specific questions tells me a lot about someone i think i already know, thought it was you a. Sweet great to hear ya out doing it starting up, there is plenty of time to be a consultant when ya cant climb!

I been in Sweden contract climbing, too cold now so going home for a bit. Got nationals and a training workshop to help out with. It was great, i miss it already and im on holiday at the moment! Got to enjoy a few pints while in Ireland though

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