Sandra Conchie
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Poisoned and deliberately damaged protected tree removed (opens the original)
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Tauranga City Council granted consent in May for the removal of this protected and poisoned ginkgo tree from a Grace Rd property. A protected tree on a Grace Rd property has been cut down after being deliberately poisoned at least twice and deemed a significant safety risk. The ginkgo biloba tree, estimated to be 40 to 50 years old, was on the council’s Notable Trees Register and protected under city plan rules. Tauranga City Council granted a resource consent to the Grace Rd property owners for
Tauranga pōhutukawa unlikely to recover after third poisoning (opens the original)
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A young pōhutukawa beside a popular waterfront walkway is unlikely to recover after being poisoned a third time. The tree was one of three 3m-high pōhutukawa planted by Tauranga City Council along the harbourfront Beach Rd walkway during streetscaping work in August last year. The tree was first targeted in November when a large amount of diesel was poured around its base, and it was vandalised again in July or August with petrol. A Matua couple told the Bay of Plenty Times the tree had been tar
Fatal attack on cat: One suspect dog put down, another dead (opens the original)
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Maggie, 13, was euthanised after being attacked by two dogs in the front yard of her Welcome Bay home on July 1. Photo / Brad Maxton One of two dogs suspected of involvement in a fatal attack on a cat in Welcome Bay has been euthanised, Tauranga City Council says. Council animal services team leader Oscar Glossop says the other dog involved is “now deceased” and charges against the dogs’ owner are being considered. The cat, Maggie, was attacked on July 1 in the front yard of a Meander Drive home
'Long overdue': Work begins on new $13.7m fire station (opens the original)
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An artist's impression of the new Tauranga fire station, which will be built next to the current station on Cameron Rd. Image / DCA Architects of Transformation Work is underway on Tauranga’s new two-storey multimillion-dollar fire station. The new 1215sq m Tauranga City Fire Station, which will include six fire engine bays, will be built at 199–213 Cameron Rd, next door to the existing station at 193-195 Cameron Rd. Tauranga City Council deemed the 1957-built station earthquake-prone in 2019. A
'The tree has to go': Ex-mayor defends bid to remove 150yo protected pine (opens the original)
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A nearly 150-year-old protected tree on an ex-mayor’s property faces the axe after Tauranga City Council ordered it felled under emergency powers. The Bunya Bunya pine at 167 Grange Rd, Ōtūmoetai, is listed on the council’s Notable Trees Register. Former Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless owns the heritage property, known as Woodhill. He said the tree was “demonstrably unsafe” for people and property after several limb falls. The removal order has been criticised by Avenues resident Phil Green, a mem
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