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Dawn Picken: Good fences, good neighbours? I don t think so
14 May, 2021 10:00 PM
5 minutes to read
Tall fences are a metaphor for what we ve lost. Photo/Getty
OPINION
There s a saying that good fences make good neighbours. But the more barriers I see in my neighbourhood, the more I question if that saying is (or ever was) true for anyone but farmers. We bought our first Kiwi home in Pāpāmoa in 2015. One thing we loved about our cul de sac was its lack of high fences. The area felt spacious. Open. Hospitable.
That feeling is fading with each new neighbourhood fence. I watch builders erect sections of two-metre-high planks and feel a twinge of sadness.