Exotics aren’t evil

More than sixty Mount Albert residents gathered this morning at the Ōwairaka maunga entrance to stop the planned removal of hundreds of exotic trees.

Meanwhile many other residents have voiced support for the project, calling the opposition a "slap in the face" for Māori and ignoring the history of colonisation and land alienation…..

By Khalia Strong, Dubby Henry and Michael Neilson, NZ Herald