Neighbour of Amberley tyre fire feels completely let down after raising concerns for years
Helen Butler should be enjoying her slice of rural Kiwi paradise, a 13-acre lifestyle block outside the North Canterbury town of Amberley.
On the face of it she has an idyllic spot to raise her 3-year-old son, graze stock and watch her commercial flower business flourish – all reasons she chose to live in the country.
But for more than four years, Butler has had to watch helplessly as thousands of tyres were trucked to the property across the road to be illegally stockpiled. Continue reading here.
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