To look a Gareth Morgan gift horse in the mouth is madness and furthers the campaign to have a proactive council representing the voice of all Tauranga Moana.

To me it is not about pohutukawa trees that I adore and awhi each time I see them in their full bloom before Christmas. This gift from Gareth will be a pohutukawa tree in full bloom all year round.

What is more concerning than the rights of trees and their blooming beauty is the rights of us humans who adore and appreciate the feel good factor of art in all of its beauty.
The real issue about saying no for no's sake is much more about the value of art and our elected members seeing beyond their own artless egos.

Let's hope we elect in a proactive art appreciating council next time around, who will vote for what could be and should be a beautiful toanga - long after they have left the council chambers.

Ko Tahi Aroha

Tommy Kapai Wilson, Greerton.