Paturoa Kauri ring-barked in shocking early morning attack:
In breaking news, another local property developer has shown a similar contempt for the law to that shown by Mr Julian Batchelor - killing a tree in West Auckland without conscience or right, with utter contempt for the tangata whenua OR the english laws: 23 December 2015 7.30am The ancient Kauri in West-Auckland that has been the focus of a community campaign to save it was attacked at 6.15am this morning and viciously ring-barked risking the safety of Johno Smith occupying the tree. As the arborist lay up in the canopy he was woken by the noise below. He saw eight people suspected to be security guards dressed in black arrive on the property. Three had electric chainsaws and proceeded to cut the tree while five were waiting in a van. Shocked neighbours called out to the men who immediately stopped and departed the site but by then they had cut the full circumference. “This is vengeful action by the developer who was facing being stopped by the High C...