Save our Pohutakawa Tree from the chainsaws of the Hosanna Church First published: Friday, May 28, 2010 Save our Pohutakawa tree - a Taita icon in danger of destruction by the chainsaws of the Hosanna Church Image via Wikipedia Save out Pohutakawa tree - a Taita icon in danger of destruction by the chainsaws of the Hosanna Church... Last weekend a group of current and former Taita residents and identities met in High Street, Taita, to discuss and protest at the proposed destruction of the 150 year old iconic Pohutakawa tree which was planted long before there was a suburb called Taita; long before the old Taita Hotel itself was constructed in 1890. There was only farmland and later market gardens in this district. High Street, one of the main arterial routes through the City of Lower Hutt for many decades was just a horse track through which the stage coach from Wellington passed through on its way t...