A High Court or­der has barred goat graz­ing at Hardial Park in Tu­na­puna, re­solv­ing a near­ly decade-long dis­pute that the Tu­na­puna/Pi­ar­co Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion (TPRC) said had hin­dered the park’s in­tend­ed use for or­gan­ised sports and recre­ation.

The TPRC se­cured a le­gal vic­to­ry, with the court re­strain­ing a res­i­dent and his agents from al­low­ing live­stock to graze on the grounds.

Jus­tice West­min James or­dered the graz­ing to stop im­me­di­ate­ly.

Res­i­dents and sport­ing groups had raised con­cerns for over nine years about an­i­mals dam­ag­ing the field, cre­at­ing un­san­i­tary con­di­tions, and dis­rupt­ing com­mu­ni­ty use.

The cor­po­ra­tion said it will “com­mence restora­tion works im­me­di­ate­ly” and plans to col­lab­o­rate with “lo­cal clubs, schools, and com­mu­ni­ty groups to re­vi­talise the park and re­in­state sport­ing events and pro­grammes.”