Palm removal in Ōmanu and Arataki

Between the Mount and Pāpāmoa, from the dunes at Ōmanu Beach back to Bayfair. James and the crew take big palms out, trim off the dead skirts and seed heads, and take the lot away.

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A fan palm’s dead skirt hangs down the trunk

Palm jobs between the Mount and Pāpāmoa

Where a palm stands close to the house or the neighbours, it’s climbed and dismantled from the top rather than dropped. Each piece is tied off before it’s cut and let down on a rope.

Want to keep the palm? A trim takes off the dead skirt, the seed heads and anything hanging over the roof, and leaves the green crown full.

Looking up a tall fan palm with a thick skirt of dead fronds and bougainvillea climbing through it — A tall fan palm wearing a skirt of dead fronds

Sea wind and dead fronds

Ōmanu runs along the ocean beach between Mount Maunganui and Arataki, with public walkways through the dunes. Arataki sits behind it around Bayfair, with Baypark and Te Maunga to the south.

The wind comes straight in off the sea. In May 2015 a tornado tore roofs off houses on Lodge Avenue and Links Avenue. Dead fronds come away easily in a gale and get thrown about, so a palm with a heavy skirt is worth trimming before the next big blow.

The listed trees here are pōhutukawa and Norfolk Island pines, among them three Norfolk pines at Mount Maunganui College. No palm in Ōmanu or Arataki is on the list.

Ōmanu and Arataki at a glance

Postcode: 3116 (addresses read Mount Maunganui)
Council: Tauranga City Council
Between: Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa
Landmarks: Ōmanu Beach, Bayfair and Baypark

Palm tips for Ōmanu and Arataki

Book the trim before summer’s storms: a skirt of dead fronds is the first thing a gale pulls loose.
Your palm won’t be on the city’s notable trees list. Only one palm in Tauranga is, at Wharepai Domain.
A photo from the street and one from under the palm show James the job before he comes out.

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Ōmanu and Arataki palm questions

Do you work in Arataki as well as Ōmanu?

Yes, both, and the rest of Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa. The quote on site is free.

When is the best time to trim a palm by the beach?

Any time of year suits the palm. Before the summer storms is a good time, because dead fronds are what a strong wind pulls off first.

Will you take the fronds away?

Every one. They can’t go in Tauranga’s green bin, so they leave on our trailer.