[Michael Romanos]

Accusing Bailey of deliberately biting the hand of the postie is as much bizarre as is someone saying that the postie had somehow trespassed or invaded a private house in placing part of her hand through the mail slot.

In New Zealand, a private mail box is usually installed on the boundary of the property but this rule can be altered with a commonsense approach or in consultation with the NZ Postal Services.

In my case following the vandalisation of my letter box which had been directly facing the pavement, I put up a new post and box down my driveway and had a post office rep on site to agree with the new siting which inconveniences the postal deliverer somewhat but makes my mail safer and the box less likely to be wrecked.