Terry, aged 27, lost her job at a large company after she criticised her former employer's track

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Terry, aged 27, lost her job at a large company after she criticised her former employer's track record on environmental matters. She decides to set up a tent on a largely unused part of the Wellington waterfront in an area of trees and flax bushes to bring to the attention of the wider population the risks of climate change. She finds an abandoned rope in the bushes and decides to create a circle of rope around her tent which is strung through the trees at about adult waist height forming a circle around the area of the tent. She hopes this will deter passers-by from wandering into what she calls a global warming free territory. The Wellington City Council, which has struggled to deal with climate change protests in the city, allows her to stay to get a lot of likes and ;thumbs up on social media and keep its motto of "coolest capital in the world;. According to the mayor, this is boosting tourism and the decision is made to allow Terry to live there in her tent for a nominal weekly rent while they try - very, very slowly - to find her some emergency housing. The area where Terry's tent is pitched is located close to a large fancy apartment building inhabited by wealthy retired people. Some of the apartment owners can see the tent from their windows and are not happy about it. Three months after the tent was set up, a large portable barbeque disappears from the front deck of one of the ground floor apartments. Their owners make a series of complaints to the body corporate that runs the apartments, generally about the presence of the tent and more specifically claiming that some of their items have gone missing. Bobby, the caretaker for the apartment building, is asked by the body corporate to "check out" and "do something" about the person occupying the "global warming free territory". On Saturday afternoon, 7 July 2023, Bobby goes to the harbour, pretending to be a protester. He walks around the perimeter of the tent which is marked by the line of rope that Terry has set up, and he tries to see what is going on. He does not go past the rope. Through the bushes, he can see Terry sitting on a log reading a book and next to her is a large dog. They do not see Bobby. Bobby then returns to his office on the ground floor of the apartment building. Bobby, who is keeping an eye on the area where the tent is, finally sees Terry leave the tent site later that same day with the dog. Bobby decides to have a closer look. He lets himself under the line of rope and up to the front flap of the tent. He pulls the flap of the tent aside and walks into the tent. There is no sign of the missing barbeque. There is a large portable gas stove in the corner. There is a mattress, some bedding, an old armchair, some pots and cooking equipment, and a large pile of books. As Bobby is having a look around the tent, Terry comes in. Terry says, "What the hell are you doing in my tent! I'm going to 'do' you for trespass!" Bobby decides to hold his ground. "I have my suspicions about you," he says. "The police will be very interested to talk to you about all this stuff you've got here." "What are you implying," says Terry. "All this stuff was paid for good and proper. What right have you got to go poking around in other people's homes!" The dog starts growling at Bobby, who decides it is time to go. "Well, don't think you can get away living here forever," he says as he heads out through the flap of the tent and back to the apartment building. That same evening, Bobby hears sounds of a dog barking loudly. He goes to investigate and again manoeuvres under the line of rope and walks up to the tent. The barking is coming from inside the tent. There is also a strong smell of something burning. He goes inside the tent and sees the dog barking and next to the dog is Terry on the mattress, who seems to be unconscious. There is a pot of something going very black on the camp stove. Bobby quickly phones for an ambulance. The ambulance arrives 10 minutes later and takes Terry (who has had a heart attack) off to the hospital where, after two weeks in hospital, she makes a full recovery. Emergency housing is then found for Terry and the tent is taken down. The body corporate of the apartment building yesterday got a call from a lawyer who says they have a client claiming there was an incident of trespass in early July. The body corporate sets up a meeting with Bobby to talk about this. Bobby is worried about whether he has committed the tort of trespass at any point on Saturday, 7 July in relation to his visits to the tent. He comes to you for advice.