• Andrea Skews is “heartbroken” after being given Wellington City Council’s berm ultimatum – either she completely destroys her pretty hedge or pays an $850 annual fee.

Either way, the council has told Skews the greenery in front of her home is boxing in public land and must be chopped back 2.7 metres from the kerb by January to allow space for pedestrians and car doors along her Karori street.

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After maintaining the hedge on a berm outside her Wellington home for seven years, Andrea Skews says the council now wants to charge her $850 a year to keep it.