A plan to remove a stand of pohutukawa trees at Mount Maunganui has sparked unlikely opposition from a Tauranga councillor.
Murray Guy has hit out at Tauranga City Council plans to remove the trees from Marine Pde, located between Banks Ave and Sutherland Ave.
Of the 11, two are expected to be felled within the next two weeks and the rest in five to 10 years, once replacement trees have become well established.
Mr Guy, who in the past has held firm to controversial council plans to remove trees from residential areas, disagreed with the removal of the pohutukawa.
He did not understand why the trees had to be removed, he said .