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Saving
Christchurch's Notable
Trees – We Need Your Help
My name is
Rebekah Lynch and I
am part of a group of citizens who care about Christchurch's
unique landscape
character, which is defined by its legacy of urban trees. We
really need your
help to support the continued protection of some of
Christchurch's most significant
trees – 80% of which have been proposed for delisting from
Council's register,
which means they can be felled "as of right".
In particular,
we need help to
cover the expert and legal expenses that we have had no choice
but to incur, in
order to speak for the trees through the Court-style Plan
hearings being
fast-tracked under the emergency earthquake legislation.
Why We Need
Your Help
What has made
this process
particularly difficult for ordinary people like ourselves is
that we have had
to go through not one but an unprecedented two hearings, which
effectively
doubled our costs. Our costs were further increased when
Council reneged on a mediated
agreement that would have seen 56% of the listed trees return
to Council's
register.
As you can
imagine, the second
hearing and Council's subsequent action presented an almost
impossible hurdle
for individual submitters and small Trusts to overcome in
order to speak for a
public good – and to have any hope of being heard in a
Court-style process
where outcomes are being determined by expert evidence and
legal submission.
Here are some links
to articles that
chart the Christchurch tree situation and our campaign:
· Saving Christchurch
Trees: http://www.radionz.co.nz/
· Christchurch Tree
Owners Allowed to
Oppose Protected Status – Again: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-
· Council Reneges On
Deal To Protect
Trees: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/
· Christchurch Council
Makes Another
U-turn on Protected Trees: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/
What We're
Doing – And How You
Can Help:
Fundraising:
We are
currently running a
fundraising campaign under the umbrella of the Christchurch
Civic Trust and
donations can be made via:
Or
directly to the Christchurch Civic Trust:
Electronically
to:
KiwiBank Account # 38 9003 0081396 00 (Please
include your name and "Trees" as a reference); or
By cheque to: Christchurch Civic Trust,
PO Box 1927, Christchurch
8140.
All donations
are tax
deductible and will be receipted. All funds will be used
solely to meet the
expert and legal costs of the tree campaign to date and to
review the Hearing decisions
once they are made.
Social
Media and Spreading the Word
You can also help
by:
- linking directly to our Give A Little fundraiser on your own social media pages and/or your blog or website – simply cut and paste in the Give a Little link above; and also
- encouraging others to do the same by also liking and sharing the link.
We would
deeply appreciate our
cause being shared with other individuals, organisations,
groups, or businesses
that you believe may care about the fate of Christchurch's
Heritage and Notable
trees. We believe this will assist us greatly.
Contacts and
Further
Information:
Please contact
the following if
you have further questions:
secretary@
Thank you for
your time, your
support, and your generosity for a cause that is so important
to Christchurch's
unique urban character and to its post-earthquake regeneration
and recovery.
Yours
sincerely,
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