`Pride and joy` trees cut down to make way for subdivision roading improvements
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Mature cherry blossom trees described as the `pride and joy` of a Canterbury town have been cut down in an act of `wanton destruction` that has `gone down like a lead balloon`, a resident says. Eight of the trees that line both sides of Southbridge`s High St were removed on Friday morning to make way for Selwyn District Council-required roading improvements for a new subdivision. Regina Christey, who lives 6 kilometres outside the rural town, was alerted to the fact contractors were cutting down the trees and `could...