Arborists and tree jobs in the Auckland region

Pick your part of Auckland

The Auckland page covers the city as a whole. For local detail there are area pages for the North Shore, West Auckland, South Auckland, East Auckland and the Hibiscus Coast.

Closer in still, there are pages for Albany, Devonport, Epsom, Newmarket, Silverdale, Papakura, Pukekohe and Warkworth.

One set of tree rules for the whole region

Auckland Council's rules for trees on private land are in the Auckland Unitary Plan. Notable trees are listed in Schedule 10, and removing one is a discretionary activity, which needs resource consent.

Other rules turn on where a tree stands rather than which tree it is: near urban streams, close to the coast, in parks and in roads. Removing a tree over 4 m tall or over 400 mm in girth needs consent if its trunk is in a road or an open space zone. The Auckland Council tree rules page goes through each one.

Gales, cyclones and outages

NIWA says gale force winds can blow in any month in Auckland but are most frequent in winter. Storms of tropical origin add to that, mostly between December and April. When high winds and rain hit from 11 to 16 June 2006, 700,000 people in Auckland lost power for a number of hours.

Vector says trees are one of the leading causes of power outages across Auckland, which is why a branch on a wire is the lines company's job first. Once the line is safe, an arborist can deal with the tree.

Kauri, soil and woodchips

Auckland is inside kauri's natural range, and the region's councils are part of the national kauri dieback plan. Under rule E15, all kauri material, including sawdust and woodchips, has to stay within 3 times the radius of the canopy's drip line or go to an approved landfill. Ask how that will be handled before a kauri job is booked.

Not sure which page fits?

Pick the closest one. The Unitary Plan is the same across all of them, and the postcode on the form does the rest.