KH v ED [2018] NZDT 1434 (20 September 2018) [pdf, 248 KB]
...the ones that have not been cut. 8. The trees are Cryptomeria trees commonly known as Japanese cedar. 9. ED says there are no amenity value in the trees and therefore no financial loss. KH says the trees were a shelter belt which provided privacy and were meant to be 5 to 6 metres high. He is now left with about half it being around a short metre hedge. He also says the trees shields his property from dust coming off ED’s gravel driveway and also provided shade for his livestock....