Protesters gather to save Auckland pohutukawa tree

SARAH ROBERTS

Last updated16:07, April 9 2015

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Huia tree and reserve protest/debate

Protesters are gathering to try to save another native tree in West Auckland.

Just weeks after national attention was focused on Titirangi and the attempts to save a kauri tree that was facing the chop, a second tree in the area is at the centre of a battle over its future.

The pohutukawa tree on the foreshore at Huia, on the Manukau Harbour, has been condemned by the Auckland Council, which says it is badly damaged and a threat to public safety.

However, some locals say the tree's fate is part of a bigger plan to remove the Huia Domain.

Environmental campaigner Michael Tavares, who spent several days in the branches of the kauri during the earlier protest, plans to protest against the fate of the pohutukawa on Thursday.

He said the issue in Huia was over how the domain could be best environmentally managed.

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