This year verges have been in the news. There've been stories about whether you can plant them out or not, and, in Levin, the Horowhenua District Council decided it would no longer mow berms in residential areas - outraging locals who didn't want the job.
Meet a man who willingly mows verges - including one that's enormous and a few kilometres from his home.
Stephen Black is so concerned about the impression people get as they approach the city; he's taken to mowing a verge on what used to be State Highway 1 but is now a less busy route into Hamilton.
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