Arborist in Atawhai, Nelson

Get a quote for your treeOr call 0800 000 105

Atawhai climbs the hills above Nelson Haven, and its big homes sit on slopes with big trees above and below them. Recent work here includes a crown reduction that kept a garden tree’s natural shape.

Suburb: Atawhai, 7010
From the city: 5.5 km north-north-east of the city centre
Work: Tree removal first, plus pruning, hedges and stumps
Team: Oliver quotes; he and the team do the work

What will it take in Atawhai?

Three things that help Oliver plan a job here before he comes out.

On the slope above Atawhai Drive? Say how far the tree is from where a vehicle can park, and whether there are steps on the way.
Big macrocarpa, redwood or gum? Give its height against the house: one storey, two, or more.
Say which way the tree leans: toward the house, the road below or the neighbour’s roof.

How the team does it

Climbed and taken down in sections, each piece lowered on ropes, or felled in one where there’s room.
Branches chipped on site, and the stump ground out if you want it gone.
The work area cleaned up before the team leaves.

What Oliver needs for the quote

A photo of the whole tree, with the house in shot
Its height against the house
What’s under or near it
The way in: gate, side path or drive
Your street

Send Oliver your tree

Trees and sections in Atawhai

Atawhai stretches along the haven north of the city, with State Highway 6 running through it and Brooklands and Dodson Valley inside its edges. Nelson had little flat land left after the war, so suburbs like this one climbed the foothills, and the 1990s are the commonest build decade for Atawhai’s houses.

The homes run big, with 34% having four or more bedrooms. The slopes carry some big trees too: the city’s plan lists a heritage macrocarpa in Brooklands, a redwood and a Tasmanian blue gum in Dodson Valley, oaks and a pair of redwoods along Atawhai Drive, and a native bush woodland beside the drive. Wakapuaka Cemetery, in use since 1861, has a Moreton Bay fig and a weeping pine among its listed trees.

In the August 2022 storm the highway through Atawhai was shut, and residents were let out during a two-hour opening. On a hillside, which way a tree leans and what sits below it decide how it comes down.

Where: North of the city, along Nelson Haven and SH6
Postcode: 7010

Nearby suburbs

Oliver has done a wonderful job for us. Always turned up on time, great communicator, great ideas and best of all ..tidies up beautifully afterwards..highly recommended. Thanks Oliver

Vicky C.Google review · July 2026

Recent work in Atawhai

Crown reduction in Atawhai, October 2026

A small ornamental tree beside the fence and lattice, brought down a size to suit the owners while keeping its natural shape.

A small ornamental tree by a fence and lattice before its crown reduction, hills behind — Atawhai, before the crown reduction.

The same tree after a light crown reduction that keeps its natural shape — After: smaller, with its natural shape kept.

Tree work in Atawhai

Excellent gentleman. Very friendly and knows his job well.

Karen C.Google review · October 2026

Atawhai questions

Something else? Call 0800 000 105 or send the tree through.

Do you work in Brooklands and Dodson Valley?

Yes. Both are part of Atawhai, and the team works there and on up the haven to Marybank. Put your street in the form.

Can you reduce a tree instead of removing it?

Yes, when a smaller tree is what you want. The October job here took an ornamental tree down a size and kept its natural shape.