Four Maori guys came to our door. The boss of the group seemed knowledgable and they had an ABN and insurance so we gave them the go-ahead.
They chopped trees we didn't ask them to cut, and left others untouched which needed trimming.
They left a mess all over the yard, though their boss had said they would leave a neat stack.
They cut the felled trees into chunks too large to be handled.
They said they would come back to finish the job and remove a stump but they never showed.
We have since engaged another arborist, recommended on WOMO, to finish the job. He knows of the Maori crew, and without being given any other information recognised them purely by the job they had done. He said that the group works its way around, suburb by suburb, and that nobody ever hires them again because their workmanship is so atrocious.
Mind you, you couldn't get them back again even if you wanted to, because their phone number always goes to a machine and they never return the call.
If you meet these guys, give them a wide berth.
If I could give them negative stars, I would.