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A coward’s guide to neighbourly disputes

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By Virginia Fallon Verified
| The Post (Wellington)
Planting bamboo should require a resource consent, or at least a psychiatric assessment.Supplied Virginia Fallon is a staff writer and columnist based in Wellington and was named Best Columnist at the 2026 New Zealand Media Awards. OPINION: There is a special kind of resentment reserved just for neighbours. I don’t mean the spectacular sort involving police call-outs, installation of floodlights, or bitter boundary disputes - though give it time.
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The Waikato Times

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By Virginia Fallon Verified
| The Waikato Times Verified
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What the meter reader witnessed

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By Virginia Fallon Verified
| The Post (Wellington)
A photo from Roadscapes: An Automotive Retrospective of Aotearoa New Zealand by Derek Smith.Derek Smith Derek Smith describes it as "a licence to wander". For 42 years he walked driveways, farm tracks and suburban streets, pushing open backyard gates and dodging dogs to knock on doors. Wherever he went, he carried a camera and an eye for the ordinary, quietly cataloguing the everyday scenes that would eventually become history.
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