Some Dumb Tree

[sidecar bob]

So some fuckin nutter decides to climb a tree on private property to prevent it being cut down.
Here's a clue fucktard, plant a seed & stand back & you have another tree the same, no effort required. For fucks sake, they are a renewable resource & a crop to be harvested. Save the potatoes next time.

[mashman]

You're not worth saving.

[bogan]

Does beg the question though, is anyone planting more kauri trees? Or is looking a few hundred years ahead beyond the ability of the new age twitter-environmentalists?

[rustyrobot]

For fucks sake, they are a renewable resource & a crop to be harvested. Save the potatoes next time.

All other points aside (private land etc etc) - do you really think a 500 year old tree is a 'renewable resource'?

[Swoop]

Good on him.

Stand up for Mother Nature and say "fuck off cunts" to developer scum.

I note the Lunatic Fringe Party have been conspicuous by their absence during this.

[bogan]

All other points aside (private land etc etc) - do you really think a 500 year old tree is a 'renewable resource'?

500 years and he's on his retirement plan, it'll reach similar dimension in about half that time.

If it can't be used, do you really think it is a resource at all?

[rustyrobot]

If it can't be used, do you really think it is a resource at all?

I suppose you could say that in it's other function as a recycler of oxygen it is a resource in its own right.

I googled it anyway and common response is that old-growth tress are by definition not a renewable resource.

I'm with swoop though - one more Kauri tree and one less townhouse. Fuck he'll probably build a house next to it and sell it for 1.5 times more because it has a 500 year old Kauri tree on the property.

[JimO]

its only a fucken tree, whats it ever done for us

[bogan]

I suppose you could say that in it's other function as a recycler of oxygen it is a resource in its own right.

I googled it anyway and common response is that old-growth tress are by definition not a renewable resource.

I'm with swoop though - one more Kauri tree and one less townhouse. Fuck he'll probably build a house next to it and sell it for 1.5 times more because it has a 500 year old Kauri tree on the property.

Don't they slow way down on the recyc as they mature though? more would be recycled if it was cut down and made into a canoe with pine planted there instead :innocent:

A kauri surrounded by townhouses is up to fuck all, like a lion in a tiny cage, best seen and conserved in more natural surroundings.

[Akzle]

fucken aye!! i say we cut down auckland, and all the townies in their houses, to build forests!

[sidecar bob]

What was this 'tard doing when Maori were killing the last Moa.
I assume he has no possessions made of timber, like a house, or furniture.

[bogan]

What was this 'tard doing when Maori were killing the last Moa.

In fairness, they are probably a bit harder to climb, as were the Haast eagles.

[rustyrobot]

What was this 'tard doing when Maori were killing the last Moa.
I assume he has no possessions made of timber, like a house, or furniture.

Odds are he probably doesn't have a house or furniture made of Kauri though - that's sort of the point.

Do you really want to chop down everything until there's nothing left but ugly townhouses and pine plantations?

[Akzle]

What was this 'tard doing when Maori were killing the last Moa.
I assume he has no possessions made of timber, like a house, or furniture.

safe bet theyre not made of virgin kauri.

[AllanB]

Kauri does make very nice floor boards. The developer marketed it all wrong - he should have publicly stated he was pro-kauri trees and would use natures resources. As in floor boards and a front door on the new house.


Another Council F-up really is the big story.


Turns out the tree is only around 140 years old so suddenly not so exciting!

[nzspokes]

The word around here is that its has the Kauri disease anyway as many do. Its just not been tested yet.

[Woodman]

Good on him, fuck the developer and his council lackeys.

[oldrider]

Sign said [Save "our" Tree] - it (or none of them) were "their" trees FFS! - If they want to save them - buy them! :yes:

[Virago]

I think if I'd been in the land-owner's position I would have lovingly watered the beloved tree every night during the occupation - with a large and directional sprinkler.

[nodrog]

I bet you fuckin retarded stinking hippies still burn fossil fuels (I'm only basing this on the fact that you cunts are posting on a motorcycle forum, and I'm yet to see one that runs on magical unicorn queef), and im pretty sure trees are far more renewable than dinosaur shit.

[oldrider]

I think if I'd been in the land-owner's position I would have lovingly watered the beloved tree every night during the occupation - with a large and directional sprinkler.

Thought about that myself - he shouldn't have been there anyway guess he got a trespass notice served on him?

Spose OSH or some safety NAZI would complain if he was hosed while he was up there! :facepalm:

[mashman]

Thought about that myself - he shouldn't have been there anyway guess he got a trespass notice served on him?

Spose OSH or some safety NAZI would complain if he was hosed while he was up there! :facepalm:

Tranquiliser gun and some firemen to catch him.

[george formby]

:facepalm:Just caught the protester on the News who cut down her own native. Ho hum.

I'm pretty sure I used to rent a flat in that cul de sac, recognised the retaining wall leading to the Kauri and a couple of other things in the report. If so I used to walk past those Kauri's every day on my way to work in Titters. That Kauri amazed me every time. 2 minutes from the "village" but a world away from the lattes, bullshit & traffic. I used to pick up some of the bark that fell off, polish it and use it to decorate my wee flat. Yeah, scoff away, lots of good weed in Titters. Came home from the pub in the wee smalls one night & paused for a wizz against that retaining wall, I was off me nana and went over the edge when I looked up from my little fella to see hundreds of glow worms twinkling away. Pretty special in the big city.
Oh, I would not buy a property down their. It gets about 10 minutes sun a year, permanently damp & everything is covered with mould, mildew, fungus, spores ect.
Floorboards? Hell yeah. Mine are a foot wide, have square head nails and been in situ for over a hundred years. To hard for nails now, I have to drill & screw.
I reckon pines are a resource but Kauri's are an icon.

[Gremlin]

:facepalm:Just caught the protester on the News who cut down her own native. Ho hum.
That part definitely made me giggle. But it's not the same you know... apparently :laugh:

[Akzle]

im pretty sure trees are far more renewable than dinosaur shit.

silly cunt. The planet's made of oil.

[Akzle]

Sign said [Save "our" Tree] - it (or none of them) were "their" trees FFS! - If they want to save them - buy them! :yes:

the commons, there oldy.
Theyre my childrens trees.
Dont fuck with my children.

This to me, points out the bullshittery of ownership. A) of the property 'owner'
B) the 'authority' to give CONsent by council.

Kaitiaki motherfuckers.

[Akzle]

It gets about 10 minutes sun a year, permanently damp & everything is covered with mould, mildew, fungus, spores ect.

not if you cut down all the trees and run drainage off your property... <_<

[Akzle]

The word around here is that its has the Kauri disease anyway as many do. Its just not been tested yet.

pta. Phytopthora. (fye-toth-rah)

Its like the common cold for kauris (and other species, psa for kiwifruit, gums etc. The aus govt spent shitloads medicating their trees)

anyway- some wont get it, some get it and die, some get it and dont, some get it and get better.
Cutting it down is akin to shooting your grandpa cos he has a runny nose.

[Akzle]

Turns out the tree is only around 140 years old so suddenly not so exciting!

older than any human alive today.
Also older than the legislation by which they intend to kill it, so probably outside their jurisdiction.

[sidecar bob]

What the fuck happened to tazering this idiot's ass out of the tree & arresting him for trespassing & not having anything productive to contribute to society.

[rustyrobot]

What the fuck happened to tazering this idiot's ass out of the tree & arresting him for trespassing & not having anything productive to contribute to society.

Are they still giving out the Nobel prize for sidecar racing?

[Akzle]

What the fuck happened to tazering this idiot's ass out of the tree & arresting him for trespassing & not having anything productive to contribute to society.

sounds like you have a bit of flu.
Or a head full of snot, at any rate.

Guess ill have to do the decent thing and bring my 12ga round...

[Voltaire]

What the fuck happened to tazering this idiot's ass out of the tree & arresting him for trespassing & not having anything productive to contribute to society.

not feeling the leafy love
https://fatassinaskinnyworld.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/i-love-trees.jpg

[nodrog]

silly cunt. The planet's made of oil.

Its also made of trees, trees that grow back, Jake.

[Swoop]

I googled it anyway and common response is that old-growth tress are by definition not a renewable resource.

The giant kauri are commonly rotten in the centre and the outside is good timber. A bit like a tube standing upwards.
However... if you cut down the younger trees you obviously don't get older trees.


A mate's dad remembers being sent down to Victoria Park when it was a timber merchant's location, to purchase large quantities of kauri to be used to make boxes and packing crates.

[willytheekid]

fucken aye!! i say we cut down auckland, and all the townies in their houses, to build forests!

:eek:...WHERE THE FUCK CAN I SIGN UP CUZ??


http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/200H/i/2014/224/1/1/battle_axe_kid_by_zues200-d7ux2xh.jpg

...till I just couldn't chop no more! :shifty:




ps...for those who can't spot a rare national tree...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathis_australis

[MisterD]

However... if you cut down the younger trees you obviously don't get older trees.


Yeah, but reaching for the file marked "Unintended Consequences", this type of carry on is exactly the reason nobody wants to plant proper trees anymore and it's yuccas as far as the eye can see in new developments.

[Paul in NZ]

Yeah, but reaching for the file marked "Unintended Consequences", this type of carry on is exactly the reason nobody wants to plant proper trees anymore and it's yuccas as far as the eye can see in new developments.

There isn't enough soil in a new development for trees. Theres barely enough room for people...

[Swoop]

Yeah, but reaching for the file marked "Unintended Consequences", this type of carry on is exactly the reason nobody wants to plant proper trees anymore and it's yuccas as far as the eye can see in new developments.

I believe that the areas along the sides of motorways should be utilised in this way. Perfect planting areas for decent trees, but instead we have flax-bushes up the wazoo. The builders of motorways have proven that they have the ability to cut them down again if the need arises.

[swarfie]

not feeling the leafy love
https://fatassinaskinnyworld.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/i-love-trees.jpg

Jeez Volty those trees you keep licking must be cholesterol enriched...you've put weight on since you rode the Velo :shutup:

[TheDemonLord]

I have 2 opinions on this case

The first is siding with the protestors (to a point) that how was it that a large and very old Kauri (I do have a softspot for Kauri - Swamp Kauri makes amazing Snare Drums :drool: ) managed to get resource consent to be removed - this is where I think the Auckland Council again shows that it run by those at the very bottom of the IQ bell curve.

The next opinion can be summed up by this:

If I had all the legal paperwork to do something on my privately owned land and some tree huggers came and protested - they would be informed that they are tresspassing on private property and they were to leave immediately.

They would have 60 seconds before a warning rifle shot was fired several meters above their head, and told that if they do not vacate off my land, they will feel the next one.

A follow up to the second opinion is also one of my pet gripes:

'Oh you should save OUR tree'
'Well this development is going to make me $200,000 profit - and you want me to not develop for a tree - thats fine - you can pay me the $200 K that I am forgoing to save YOUR tree'
'....'

I really hate people who don't put their CASH (cause they have none, they are usually dirty unemployed hippies, who else has time to spend up a tree?) where their mouth is, and expect other people to pay or not get payed just to suit their ideals/beliefs.

[mashman]

The tree was here first. Typical blind scared white mutha fuckas imposing their will.

[bogan]

The tree was here first. Typical blind scared white mutha fuckas imposing their will.

Still, lives longer than it would in an RBE eh Herr Mashy.

[neels]

I have 2 opinions on this case.
This.

It is nice to have trees, it would be sad if they were all cut down, and new subdivisions with houses jammed in next to each other with no significant trees are not very pretty to look at. But you can't save every tree (just the ones on other people's property, and not the ones on your own property because your dog might get sick) :facepalm:

However, if I have title to a piece of land, and there is a tree in the way of where I want to build something why shouldn't I be allowed to cut it down? It's all very nice for people to like looking at a tree that's on someone else's property, but why should that give them the right to decide what happens to said tree, when they bear none of the responsibility of looking after it.

This happens with existing property too, where councils arbitrarily decide that a tree on private property should be protected, with no consultation with the owner. So people end up with a tree that fucks their drains, damages the foundations of their house, requires maintenance, but they can't cut it down and the community gets to look at the lovely tree at someone else's expense.

I guess the sensible answer would be that if the council/greater community decides they want a tree kept, the council/greater community should bear the cost of it's existence, however I can't see that happening any time soon.

[mashman]

Still, lives longer than it would in an RBE eh Herr Mashy.

Nr. sie leben würde , bis er starb, comrade bogdan

[mashman]

not feeling the leafy love

You ran into that tree dincha. Faux huggin.

[Voltaire]

You ran into that tree dincha. Faux huggin.

OK.sprung..so I was going to chop it down and make a selfie stick :msn-wink:

[mashman]

OK.sprung..so I was going to chop it down and make a selfie stick :msn-wink:

Is that after the fire brigade have freed you from the knot in that tree? :shifty:

[sidecar bob]

So according to the one word red rep fron sil3nt im a "cunt" for my views. Apparently its ok to trespass onto private property in an effort to prevent someone from doing somthing they have the correct consent to do, just because it dosent suit your own agenda.
If thinking that is wrong makes me a "cunt", then im fine with that, but could you please explain why that makes me a "cunt".
To be fair, it wasnt a paticularly intelligent red rep, ("cunt" seriously dude "cunt"?) if ever I saw one, but good effort sil3nt, it clearly matches your level of intelligence.

[mashman]

They could always take a leaf out of the Italians book (https://www.yahoo.com/makers/mega-treehouse-is-an-entire-c1426187466613.html)

[oldrider]

They could always take a leaf out of the Italians book (https://www.yahoo.com/makers/mega-treehouse-is-an-entire-c1426187466613.html)

You wouldn't be able to get a resource consent to build that here! :no: (unless you slipped a fair bit under the counter! :shifty: )

[willytheekid]

So according to the one word red rep fron silent im a "cunt" for my views. Apparently its ok to trespass onto private property in an effort to prevent someone from doing somthing they have the correct consent to do, just because it dosent suit your own agenda.
If thinking that is wrong makes me a "cunt", then im fine with that, but could you please explain why that makes me a "cunt".
To be fair, it wasnt a paticularly intelligent red rep, ("cunt" seriously dude "cunt"?) if ever I saw one, but good effort silent, it clearly matches your level of intelligence.


Blind to the obvious maybe....but certainly not a cunt!:no:

Simple thing is...its not JUST! a tree, its a rare native that only grows in a small part of NZ...and only in NZ!!
The council made a mistake in giving consent...and they now admit this!...the owner was trying to USE this mistake to there own advantage to have a rare native removed...Hence New Zealanders stepped up to point out the blatant mistake and ensure a Rare Native was saved...as they would have for a rare bird of any other kiwi native at risk....its our Job as Kiwis to ensure our natives are protected! (Even from rich dickheads trying to use a loop hole and the "law" to get there own way)

...any other tree mate, I'd be agreeing with ya (Shoot the filthy hippies!)...but not the king of trees!...those things have more MANA and rights to exist than us humans...they are of the land...and we kiwis are meant to be there guardians.

:niceone:

[Asher]

Technically it wasn't a correct resource concert.
To gain a resource concert you need to prove your activity doesn't have an impact that's more than minor on indigenous floura. Even one of the council planners opposed the felling of this tree.
Also you don't own the property you live on the crown does. You have simply paid a large amount of money to gain limited rights to it.

[nodrog]

Blind to the obvious maybe....but certainly not a cunt!:no:

Simple thing is...its not JUST! a tree, its a rare native that only grows in a small part of NZ...and only in NZ!!
The council made a mistake in giving consent...and they now admit this!...the owner was trying to USE this mistake to there own advantage to have a rare native removed...Hence New Zealanders stepped up to point out the blatant mistake and ensure a Rare Native was saved...as they would have for a rare bird of any other kiwi native at risk....its our Job as Kiwis to ensure our natives are protected! (Even from rich dickheads trying to use a loop hole and the "law" to get there own way)

...any other tree mate, I'd be agreeing with ya (Shoot the filthy hippies!)...but not the king of trees!...those things have more MANA and rights to exist than us humans...they are of the land...and we kiwis are meant to be there guardians.

:niceone:

I'm afraid by definition it is just a tree, all that other stuff is made up, like santa and jesus.

maui cut one up to make a boat to fish up an island with a whale jaw bone, but its ok cos he was black.

shouldn't you hippie cunts be at womad?

[Voltaire]

On the news last night didn't they briefly show the application and mention of clearing " scrub and vegetation" ( or words to that effect).

They also said that local Iwi had agreed too.

There was a guy whose development near me was stopped when he chopped down a Phuta...pahuta....um....pohutukawa tree.

They probably had photos of Len in action stapled to the application. :innocent:

[bogan]

They also said that local Iwi had agreed too.

Can buy those fuckers off easy as though :shifty:

[sidecar bob]

This fuckin idiot has given me a great idea. Ive often thought that Swarfies Velocette was far to valuable to just go out riding on, so what im going to do is handcuff myself to the carrier so Neville cant ride it, because thats what I think, regardless of who owns it or wether the rego is all paid up & it has a current warrant.
It dosent matter that he owns it outright, he should be doing that sort of riding on an old jap 600 & even though its none of my fuckin business, I feel its my right to set about to spoil his fun.

[buggerit]

This fuckin idiot has given me a great idea. Ive often thought that Swarfies Velocette was far to valuable to just go out riding on, so what im going to do is handcuff myself to the carrier so Neville cant ride it, because thats what I think, regardless of who owns it or wether the rego is all paid up & it has a current warrant.
It dosent matter that he owns it outright, he should be doing that sort of riding on an old jap 600 & even though its none of my fuckin business, I feel its my right to set about to spoil his fun.

As long as Neville posts the u tube clip of his first outing to the dairy, Im sure we will all be fine with that:lol:

[willytheekid]

I'm afraid by definition it is just a tree, all that other stuff is made up, like santa and jesus.

maui cut one up to make a boat to fish up an island with a whale jaw bone, but its ok cos he was black.

shouldn't you hippie cunts be at womad?

:shit:you take that back ya sexy biatch!.

...santas REAL!! (jebus...not so much!)...but santas REAL!!!:eek:


*don't burst my santa bubble bitch...or im gonna cock punch ya! (its Honda self defence:yes:)


ps...santa can do anything Jebus can! :bleh:...see!

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/answers/1302000/1302087_1297699960906.47res_300_300.jpg

...like a boss!...with presents!!! :D

[Akzle]

If I had all the legal paperwork to do something on my privately owned land and some tree huggers came and protested

'Oh you should save OUR tree'
'Well this development is going to make me $200,000 profit - and you want me to not develop for a tree - thats fine - you can pay me the $200 K that I am forgoing to save YOUR tree'
'....'

I really hate people who don't put their CASH (cause they have none, they are usually dirty unemployed hippies, who else has time to spend up a tree?) where their mouth is, and expect other people to pay or not get payed just to suit their ideals/beliefs.
THIS:


Also you don't own the property you live on the crown does. You have simply paid a large amount of money to gain limited rights to it.

with a bit of "fee simple title" and "usurious jewgold" thrown in.
(and a quiet reminder "the crown in right of new zealand" is a) a corporation registered in the jewnited states of americunts and b) DOES NOT in fact own FUCKEN ANYTHING. they CLAIM it, then use their gang POLICy Enforcers to enforce their claim. like.. y'know, every other gang.)

and then also a reminder that "you can't own anything" you have a lifetime lease, leave the planet a better place and yadayadayada.

also. if cash (jewgold) is your god, you're up against the wall come revolution time.

[Tazz]

Should be a rule that when you cut certain trees down you plant 2 more. In the case of an old one like that maybe a few extra. Not hippiedom, just common sense. Just because we've been hacking the shit out of everything forever doesn't make it a good idea, it just means that some pea for brains people struggle to comprehend we do actually need to have them around...

As for doing whatever you want with your land, pretty sure your double standards wouldn't appreciate me buying up your neighbour's property and running an open pit dump there aye.

[mashman]

People love the tree.

[mashman]

Should be a rule that when you cut certain trees down you plant 2 more.

2 more of the persons children that cut the tree down? I'm with that. Some cunts got no respect for anything.

[bogan]

Should be a rule that when you cut certain trees down you plant 2 more. In the case of an old one like that maybe a few extra. Not hippiedom, just common sense. Just because we've been hacking the shit out of everything forever doesn't make it a good idea, it just means that some pea for brains people struggle to comprehend we do actually need to have them around...

As for doing whatever you want with your land, pretty sure your double standards wouldn't appreciate me buying up your neighbour's property and running an open pit dump there aye.

But the selfcentered dolist hippies of today are all about immediate gratification, anyone (else) can plant trees, but the ones already grown are here now!

[JimO]

As i see it the developers paid the council for a consent , bet that wasnt cheap, he has consulted the greedy maori moa murderers bet that wasnt cheap and had the go ahead, the bearded save the tree hippies got wind of it and trespassed on private property to close them down. Funnily enough one of the ringleaders of the protest had no problem cutting down a protected native on her property when it suited her. The auckland council should now have the plans valued and the ratepayers can stump up the cash to buy the property for what the developers would have made if they were allowed to go ahead with their fully consented plans. A big warning for anybody in Auckland wanting to build on their own property any trees in the way will result in a costly appeal process

[Tazz]

2 more of the persons children that cut the tree down? I'm with that. Some cunts got no respect for anything.

Some just have to go to be fair. Got to find a balance though. What they're doing in the Amazon for example in the name of dairy, is not a balance, but considering what we are fucking up here in the name of dairy we can't throw stones at all.
But it's ok, because someone is making 200k+ from it.


But the selfcentered dolist hippies of today are all about immediate gratification, anyone (else) can plant trees, but the ones already grown are here now!

Yeah man, all you see is 'save this' and 'save that', never 'future proof this or that'. Some associates are trying to get the ball rolling on paua reseeding now before it becomes a necessity and the commercial industry is closed down, but man are they up against it with some people. No foresight.
Even then though some things are just doomed. How much do we put into trying to same some parrots that have been well surpassed genetically that could go towards keeping things in good condition for those that moved with the times?

[Akzle]

As i see it the developers paid the council for a consent , bet that wasnt cheap, he has consulted

i was given to understand that it was a non-noticed/notified/consulted consent.

[JimO]

notified or not it would still cost

[nzspokes]

People love the tree.

Those that love the tree should buy the tree.

[Twentypercent]

The stupid cunts bought the property with the tree already on it. In a street literally lined with kauri trees, with locals that all live there because they love trees.
I live in Titirangi, and problem trees do come down here and there, with a quiet nod and a wink between neighbours. But this was not the sort of tree that happens to. It's beyond belief that someone could be so fuckin ignorant.
If you do plan to cut down trees in a place like Titirangi, it's going to go a lot more smoothly if your neighbours don't think you're a total arsehole.

[Akzle]

notified or not it would still cost
cry me a fucking river with your jewmoney shit.

you said:

he has consulted

:i do not believe that to be the case at all.


Those that love the tree should buy the tree.

money money money. you jew fucks have a one track mind.

[FJRider]

cry me a fucking river with your jewmoney shit.

you said:


:i do not believe that to be the case at all.



money money money. you jew fucks have a one track mind.

You talk too much Blacky ... :pinch:

[JimO]

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[Katman]

It's not often you hear of vegetable beating animal.

[sidecar bob]

The stupid cunts bought the property with the tree already on it. In a street literally lined with kauri trees, with locals that all live there because they love trees.
I live in Titirangi, and problem trees do come down here and there, with a quiet nod and a wink between neighbours. But this was not the sort of tree that happens to. It's beyond belief that someone could be so fuckin ignorant.
If you do plan to cut down trees in a place like Titirangi, it's going to go a lot more smoothly if your neighbours don't think you're a total arsehole.

Yes, but if you bought a property knowing it had consent to remove a tree so you could get on with whatever you had planned & then some fuckwit took it upon himself to mind everybody else's business & fuck it all up for you, it could prospectively bankrupt you.
Property deals are often at the best of times precarious & unless the guy is completely flush, this will fuck him up big time.
If it was my property the guy would be licking his wounds right about now.
If there's that many kauris in the area what's all the fuss about anyway?

[98tls]

I reckon the guy that owned the tree paid the climber...simple really.

[Katman]

Basically speaking, I'm pleased that some money hungry developer has had to bow to a tree.

It should happen more often.

[nodrog]

It's not often you hear of vegetable beating animal.

This thread is Full of vegetables beating themselves.

[nzspokes]

Yes, but if you bought a property knowing it had consent to remove a tree so you could get on with whatever you had planned & then some fuckwit took it upon himself to mind everybody else's business & fuck it all up for you, it could prospectively bankrupt you.
Property deals are often at the best of times precarious & unless the guy is completely flus, this will fuck him up big time.
If it was my property the guy would be licking his wounds right about now.
If there's that many kauris in the area what's all the fuss about anyway?

Well that this will end up with is he is going to knock down a shit ton more trees so he can do something with this bit of dirt. Its an arse of an area to live, never worked out why people want to live there.

[FJRider]

It's not often you hear of vegetable beating animal.

I think one even rides a katana ... so anything is possible.

[mashman]

Some just have to go to be fair. Got to find a balance though. What they're doing in the Amazon for example, is not a balance, but considering what we are fucking up here in the name of dairy we can't throw stones at all.
But it's ok, because someone is making 200k+ from it.

Shhhhhhhhhhh...

[Ocean1]

This thread is Full of vegetables beating themselves.

Bastard, beat me to it. :laugh:

[Katman]

Bastard, beat me to it. :laugh:

So are you beating Gordie or the other way round?

[rustyrobot]

Either way there's all too much beating around the bush.

[Swoop]

If there's that many kauris in the area what's all the fuss about anyway?

We are talking about Titirangi. A place where "artists" go to flourish and multiply.

[Akzle]

The simplest and most necessary truths are often the last believed.

[sidecar bob]

Basically speaking, I'm pleased that some money hungry developer has had to bow to a tree.

It should happen more often.

Do you have conclusive evidence that he is money hungry? Or is he just doing a deal to ensure that he is not state dependant in his old age. And then some little busybody faggot happens along & fucks it up for him because he fancys wood of a certain type that doesn't belong to him.

[Katman]

Do you have conclusive evidence that he is money hungry? Or is he just doing a deal to ensure that he is not state dependant in his old age.

I don't actually care Steve.

I'm still applauding the tree.

[Tazz]

Those that love the tree should buy the tree.

Do you like fish from the ocean? How about you go buy it then :bleh:

[BuzzardNZ]

I'd rather the NZ people and government look after that tree ( and spend whatever it takes to keep it alive ) as opposed to paying for the upkeep of all the damn migrants that flood our shores! I know which one I'd rather keep alive :2guns:

[mashman]

Either way there's all too much beating around the bush.

I wood knot disagree.

[awa355]

Many years ago I was a crosscutter in a logging gang clearing old native forest for pine planting down Pureora way. Last big native I felled was a beautiful tall Matai. I can still remember the creaking of the trunk breaking away from the holding wood and the crash as the tree hit the ground and the silence afterwards.
Dropping the tree was part of the clearing operation but that didn't help me feel any better. Possibly 5 or 6 hundred years of living destroyed in 30 minutes. Stump was about 1.5 metres across, mostly solid heartwood.

[neels]

I do have issues with bloody dogooders who take it upon themselves to decide what should stay and what should go on other peoples property. Has a tree expert of any kind been consulted to establish if this particular specimen should be preserved, or is it just emotive crap?

Brings to mind the idiots who wanted to save the old buildings in Christchurch that didn't belong to them, but bore no responsibility when they fell down and killed people in the next earthquake, idealism is nice but not always appropriate

[nzspokes]

Do you like fish from the ocean? How about you go buy it then :bleh:

No. I hate fish.

Land can be bought and sold, last I looked ocean can not.

[pete376403]

I do have issues with bloody dogooders who take it upon themselves to decide what should stay and what should go on other peoples property. Has a tree expert of any kind been consulted to establish if this particular specimen should be preserved, or is it just emotive crap?

Brings to mind the idiots who wanted to save the old buildings in Christchurch that didn't belong to them, but bore no responsibility when they fell down and killed people in the next earthquake, idealism is nice but not always appropriate

The "do-gooders" had to move quickly to stop the trees being felled as there had be little or no consultation about the trees beforehand. By the time an expert had been organised to verify the tree it would have been a pile of woodchips

[Woodman]

I'm afraid by definition it is just a tree, all that other stuff is made up, like santa and jesus.

maui cut one up to make a boat to fish up an island with a whale jaw bone, but its ok cos he was black.

shouldn't you hippie cunts be at womad?


Laws and torts are just made up too.

[TheDemonLord]

The "do-gooders" had to move quickly to stop the trees being felled as there had be little or no consultation about the trees beforehand. By the time an expert had been organised to verify the tree it would have been a pile of woodchips

As considering he had consent to turn it into a pile of Woodchips - everything would have been as it should.

[Akzle]

Has a tree expert of any kind been consulted to establish if this particular specimen should be preserved, or is it just emotive crap?

an 'arborist' (quite possibly on teh payroll) did provide a report (all this information is out there if you care to look)
however, upon review by someone who know's more about trees and less about chainsaws, and has a stack of acronyms after their name, found that the 'report' was 98% bollox.
(the arborist report included things like "kauri's can't grow on their own and need others roots to hold them up, so this one is going to fall on a preschool and kill all the kiddies")



Land can be bought and sold, last I looked ocean can not.
fucktually incorrect.
you can buy "titles"
BUT the jurisdiction of the crown encompasses ONLY water, not land. (admiralty law eh)

Laws and torts are just made up too.

rbjiafp.

[Akzle]

As considering he had consent to turn it into a pile of Woodchips - everything would have been as it should.

who has the 'authority' to give CONsent?? len brown? :laugh:
http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1331339431/133/6555133.jpg
http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_images/national_news/2013/10/len_brown_thumbs_up_N2.jpg

[Voltaire]

The "do-gooders" had to move quickly to stop the trees being felled as there had be little or no consultation about the trees beforehand. By the time an expert had been organised to verify the tree it would have been a pile of woodchips

There is a 'cosy' relationship between developers the council, my mate found that out when they knocked an old villa down next to him and built 4 houses despite boundary issues and they just chopped down all the native trees.
The Council and Developers threatened him with legal action if he kicked up a fuss.

The kauri was there when they bought it and everyone knows you can't just chop them down, they manipulated the system.

[oldrider]

Aucklanders have got the Mayor and council that they deserve - only problem is (for the rest of NZ) that Auckland represents NZ in the real world! :kick:

[nodrog]

Laws and torts are just made up too.

ROFFLE, typical hippie answer.

[Akzle]

ROFFLE, typical hippie answer.

what is the E for? or the other F for that matter???

[oldrider]

what is the E for? or the other F for that matter???

rbjiafp. Yellow mellow

[Voltaire]

Aucklanders have got the Mayor and council that they deserve - only problem is (for the rest of NZ) that Auckland represents NZ in the real world! :kick:

...and the Government and the seemingly unregulated immigration, 0 hour contracts, lack of house construction, place is going to Hell in a handcart.

I suspect the people who could run a city or country are not the same ones who actually get to do it...:rolleyes:

[nodrog]

what is the E for? or the other F for that matter???

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