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
Goal update 16 May 2026
Hi all, we are in a position to reduce our goal to $25,000 ! Please continue to share our givealittle link to help get us there.
A special thank you to the Honour the Maunga Owairaka/Mount Albert community and Anna Radford for your continued support and generosity you have given to our community of Otahuhu Respect Mount Richmond. You have supported through 2 litigation hearings in the High Court, and recently the Court of Appeal. Your friendship has been unwavering.
Ngaa mihi aroha ki a koutou, Naa Shirley Waru and the Respect Mount Richmond community.
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Thank you Tim, we appreciate the support!
Thank you Helen your generosity and support means a lot to us fighting to keep our trees standing!
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