An unsavoury tort

Tort is the area of law involving obligations by one person or entity to another. The tort of negligence is where one party owes a duty of care to another. A tort arises when the party owing the duty of care breaches that obligation and damage are experienced by a...

The social side of planting

As I write this we are in the midst of our planting season and once again we find ourselves discussing the pros and cons of planting best practice. As always reality and best practice are often not compatible – sad, but true, especially when planting trees in...

The problem with trees

As an arborist, I have never grasped the concept of trees as a problem. A tree is a tree, in the same way that a spade is a spade, a brick is a brick, and the colour red is… red. These things are just things and while there is variation (considerable variation) the...

Mad tradesman and inappropriate advice

Back in the day, in fact, even before the day, we all knew that old tradesmen were mad. It was just an accepted fact, fire is hot, ice is cold, Auckland has traffic problems, and old tradesmen are mad. And yes they were all men, tradeswoman didn’t go mad, because...