Neighbours at war: Beekeeper blocked from accessing farm
A court judgment, released by Justice Jan-Marie Doogue, doesn't disclose the relationship between the two parties. For 100 years, access to the Totaranui property had been over the Makakaho property, and Gerald Pearce sought an interim injunction to enable access over his neighbour's land to tend to Totaranui's stock and beehives. Roger Pearce opposed the order, but made some concessions as to limited access that could be granted under certain terms. These included a book for signing in and out. The access had never been legally formalised and Gerald Pearce's entitlement to use it was re...