Home / New ZealandBrianna McIlraithOpen Justice Reporter·NZ Herald·5 Jul, 2026 02:00 AM4 mins to readVictoria Bouvet planted her late mother's roses into the rental property's garden. Photo / NZMEVictoria Bouvet planted her late mother's roses into the rental property's garden. Photo / NZMEA “prize-winning gardener” planted her late mother’s rose bushes in the garden of a rental property, where she was living.But by the end of the tenancy, the rose bushes and existing mature evergreen plants at the Christchurch property were either dead or removed.
This led the landlord, Whittle Knight
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