The man who climbed a Titirangi kauri tree to stop it from being felled has had his sentencing delayed at the 11th hour.
Johno Smith, 32, spent two weeks up the tree in a community-led initiative in December in a bid to stop the owners cutting it down to develop the site.
He previously pleaded guilty to wilful trespass and was due to be sentenced in Waitakere District Court this morning, but Community Magistrate Lauolefale Lemalu adjourned the matter so a restorative justice meeting could be considered by both parties.
Smith only descended from the kauri after it was ring-barked by chainsaws on December 23.
Protest organiser Aprilanne Bonar at the time described their actions as "vengeful".