Fight to keep recycled tyres in a garden in an Auckland subdivision
Sherry Dou tried to make her front garden her own and is now fighting to keep it that way.
Dou lives in a new housing development on Auckland's North Shore and wanted to add some colour to her garden in the form of painted tyres acting as planters.
But she's been asked to remove them by the association that runs the subdivision and the developer.
Bayside Residents' Association director and Fieldlaw Associates project manager Mark Mills has told Dou the tyres are rubbish, but she begs to differ.
The Browns Bay resident says the planters are art, as they were decorated by her young son and many artists use tyres in their work.
"I also believe the Government encourages us to use second-hand tyres and other things, to protect the environment," Dou says.
