Neighbours Day NZ

Saturday was Neighbours Day in New Zealand, a new initiative set up by general care charity LifeWise. I hope they evaluate it.

The publicity points to an undated magazine article by Sarah Lang in the Sunday-Star Times. She quotes Paul Perry of Massey University:

While neighbourliness might be a stress to maintain, it can be more of a stress to do without. Dr Perry observes: “Help, if needed, is harder to get. The old ‘eyes-on-the-street’ idea probably has some real value so security in the home, or at least the sense of it, may be diminished. The irony is that many people rue the decline of neighbourliness and seek a greater sense of community, yet take individual actions that work against these things.”