Recently another incident was big news: a Maori activist was caught trying to cut down the Monterey pine on One Tree Hill, which was planted last century by British settlers. The New Zealand government spent over NZ $ 10,000 to save the tree, but the Maori finally received a suspended sentence because the court was understanding of his feelings about history.
最近又有一則大新聞，一名毛利激進份子意圖將獨樹山上白人所種的放射松鋸倒，還沒成功就事蹟敗露，結果紐西蘭政府花了十幾萬紐幣去救樹，嫌犯卻被判緩刑，因為法院「體諒他有那樣的歷史情結」。