Rabbits at the Hillcrest Cemetery have been causing issues for cemetery visitors and Whakatane District Council staff alike. The local man visits his son's grave every fortnight and says the rabbit problem has now got out of hand. "I've lost count of the graves I've seen up there that have had rabbits burrowing into them," he said. SIGNS OF RABBITSA reporter visited the cemetery with the man on Friday afternoon and counted four recent burial sites with signs of rabbit scratchings and covered in rabbit droppings. Council team leader open spaces operations Ian Molony said it was incorrect to suggest the man had been fobbed off by council staff.

Source: Stuff December 03, 2019 09:00 UTC