Please support our legal fight to save hundreds of trees at Otahuhu Mt Richmond.
We are a grassroots community group fighting to stop the felling of nearly 300 exotic trees at our local Maunga.
Otahuhu, Auckland
Our community group is fighting to stop ratepayer-funded Tupuna Maunga Authority from reinstating a resource consent to fell nearly 300 trees at our local Maunga (volcanic cone) just because they're non-native. In 2023, local woman Shirley Waru crowd-funded a judicial review that cancelled the Authority's resource-consent but they are playing hard-ball and are appealing the decision. The Authority wants to rid Auckland's Maunga of all exotic trees so winning the court battle will help set a precedent for other Maunga.
Otahuhu has Auckland's lowest level of tree cover so we need every tree! We are ordinary everyday people who don't have deep pockets, so need your help to fight the appeal, which is being heard in the Court of Appeal in Wellington on 15 April.
In all we are hoping to raise $45000.00 to cover the costs.
Every dollar counts so please donate to help Shirley save these beautiful trees.
Previous page https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/savethetreesatmtrichmondotahuhu
Use of funds
Legal fees to fund a Court of Appeal claim initiated by Tupuna Maunga Authority, to overturn the High Court's decision which quashed the resource consent to fell 278 trees.
Any surplus funds donated will be used for a similar environmental cause.
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Latest update
First invoice for our Legal costs received. 2 April 2026
Hi all, we received our first invoice this week for legal costs towards our Court of Appeal hearing on 15 April, 2 weeks away. The invoice is $8,100.00 which is part payment of the expected overall cost of $45000.00
I applied to Givealittle for an early payment to enable us to pay the invoice immediately. Our request was approved very quickly, thank you to the finance team at Givealittle for responding so fast! As soon as the funds land in our account the invoice will be paid immediately. Many thanks to our treasurer Karen McCraw for handling all of our legal payments to our barrister.
Thank you to all who have donated since I launched our Court of Appeal crowdfund a couple of weeks ago. We couldn't have made this payment without your generous donations.
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Thank you for your continued support and generosity! XX
Thank you so much Kirsty for your continued support. We appreciate your generosity very much. Please share our givealittle link with your local community who have already lost their trees on their beloved local Maunga (park and reserve}. Ngaa mihi ki a koe Kirsty.
Good morning Roberta, thank you for your support and generous donation. Ngaa mihi ki a koe.
Good morning, thank you for your very generous donation and support, it’s donations like this that really push us towards our goal. Thanks for helping us climb this mountain together to stop the resource consent from being reinstated, which we successfully had put aside via our Judicial Review decision. Ngaa mihinui ki a koe. Xx
Thanks you Ashton for your support and generosity, our community appreciates it!
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