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Bureaucratic cunts:

Christchurch social housing tenant's award-winning vegetable garden ripped up

An award-winning vegetable patch at a Christchurch social housing unit has been ripped up – because of concerns about access to a washing line.

Zhang Wang has lovingly tended the garden at her Addington home for the past 10 years, with coriander, radishes and rare Chinese herbs growing in abundance.

However, complaints from some neighbours about the size of the garden prompted the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (ŌCHT), which manages property for the city council, to remove it without warning on Monday.

Wang, 80, was shocked to return home to a contractor digging up her little patch of paradise, leaving her a 1-metre strip.