Palm removal in Mount Maunganui

A big palm close to the house, the fence or the neighbours? James and the crew climb it, let it down in pieces and leave with every frond, from Pilot Bay to the ocean side.

Free palm quote in Mount Maunganui Or call 0800 166 034

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Qualified arborist, fully insured
Every frond and round hauled away
Free quote, no travel charge

A Canary Island date palm comes apart head first, then the trunk in rounds

Palm work at the Mount

Canary Island date palms by the front path, queen palms dropping fruit on the deck, fan palms wearing a skirt of dead fronds: we take them out whole, or trim off the dead skirt, the seed heads and the fronds over the roof.

The flat, sandy ground makes it easy to wheel everything to the trailer. It’s the room around the palm that’s short, which is why it comes down head first, each piece lowered on a rope.

A climber in a harness and helmet on a tall palm trunk, stripping the old leaf bases, with cut fronds heaped below — On the trunk, stripping off the old leaf bases

The Mount and its Phoenix palms

The council has taken Phoenix palms out here itself. In 2018 it removed eight from the old Phoenix carpark on Maunganui Road to make way for a green space, saying Phoenix palms crowd out native plants, shelter pests and had damaged the stormwater system with their roots.

That’s the council’s land. In your own garden, a self-sown Phoenix palm is on the regional pest plant list and a planted one isn’t.

Watch the lines along the street, too: in January 2025 one branch on the lines in Concord Avenue cut power to 531 properties. Only Powerco’s approved contractors cut fronds within 4 m of its lines.

Mount Maunganui at a glance

Postcode: 3116
Council: Tauranga City Council
Ground: Flat sand between the harbour and the ocean beach
Next door: Ōmanu, Arataki and Pāpāmoa

Palm tips for Mount Maunganui

Tell us where the trailer can park. On a beach street in summer, that’s worth knowing before the crew turns up.
Fronds touching the lines? Only Powerco’s approved contractors work within 4 m of them.
Phoenix seedlings coming up round the garden are easiest out while they’re small. Send a photo and they go on the quote.

Next door: Ōmanu and Arataki and Pāpāmoa. Every area we cover

Mount Maunganui palm questions

Can you get a big palm out of a tight Mount Maunganui section?

Yes. It’s climbed and taken apart from the head down, every piece lowered on a rope, so it never needs room to fall.

Is my Phoenix palm a pest?

Only if it came up on its own. Self-sown Phoenix palms are on the regional pest plant list; one that was planted in your garden isn’t.

Do you cover Pilot Bay and the ocean side?

Yes, the whole of Mount Maunganui, with a free quote on site and no travel charge.