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Despite a neighborhood’s best efforts in trying to save a 60-year-old Podocarpus tree on their block, Whittier’s City Council has approved the removal of the beloved neighbor on Comstock Avenue. But ...

Maori used it for waka, European settlers made shingle roofs with it and it was useful for slab huts, fence posts and ornate furniture. Totara is a top-quality timber tree and four species of the ...