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Protests over 500 year old Kauri tree

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Hundreds of people have protested against an Auckland City Council decision to cut down a 500-year-old kauri tree.
A group of developers have gained a resource consent from Auckland Council approving the removal of the trees.
About 100 protesters were at the site early this week, where the tree – as well as a 300-year-old neighbouring rimu – was due to be felled by contractors. One protestor climbed the kauri and contractors were forced to leave as a result.
The police were called to deal with the situation.
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has even shared her views on the matter.
Ms Clark – now the Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme – posted her views on Facebook. She said it was “extraordinary in this day and age that a permit would be given to fell a 500 year old kauri tree.”
Do you think the tree should be chopped down?











48 Responses

  1. Trees provide us with shade, homes for birds, oxygen and alot more! And its a native! DONT CUT IT DOWN! DONT CUT IT DOWN! you all with me?! 😀

  2. what’s wrong with cutting down a tree just because its 0ver 500 years old. everything dies one day. also there are a lot of trees on earth one tree wont hurt neither will 20

  3. This tree is the tree i will protect for it provides life and means home.
    I will keep my soul to this tree till the goverment changes

  4. Trees provide us with shade,homes for bird where they can nests,and a lot more and this there home to and I m a little girl and I’m only 10 year old and I seen your comments they not normal tree they are kauri trees so don,tn cut them down!!!!

  5. if someone says to cut it down and that its just a tree, thats going to keep hapning until we run out of oxigin and we all die
    so it’s your desition cut it down and eventurely we all die or let it live and bild houses somewere else!

  6. Don’t cut the 500 year old tree down it probably means something to the people out there

  7. WHY?…
    I’m seriously doubting the government nowadays…
    Because:
    -They’re chopping down natives everyday
    -Increasing tax (my pocket moneys gone ad my mum ain’t giving anymore!, :.( ) as if they haven’t got money (India’s worse, bless India)
    -They just shove polices into protests and tweet something to make themselves look good

  8. NEVER CUT THAT TREE ITS 500 YEARS OLD OTHERS MUST BE MORE AMAZED THAN ME ABOUT IT’S AGE SO NEVER CUT THAT TREE IT’S HELPFUL TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS SO PLZ DONT CUT IT DOWN BECAUSE IT’S NOT A DEAD TREE SO DO NOT KILL IT YOU’LL REGRET IT. IT’S ONE OF THE OLDEST TREE EVER KNOWN BY PEOPLE SO DO NOT KILL IT EVER UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD

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