Housing New Zealand has apologised to a tenant who was sent a $3500 bill to remove an extensive garden she had lovingly tended for 10 years.
The woman, 36, moved out of the two-bedroom house in Claudelands, Hamilton, at the end of August and was shocked to get a bill a month later for removing the garden, repairs and cleaning.
Housing New Zealand backed down after a Herald inquiry and waived the bill.
