A woman involved in a drive way dispute with former All Black Marc Ellis has this afternoon been found guilty of wilfully damaging his property.

Briar Susanne Ross, 67, was found guilty this afternoon at the Auckland District Court.

Ross was charged with intentionally damaging the driveway of the property Mr Ellis. 

Judge Simon Maude delivered the verdict and sentenced her to a fine of $1000 and ordered her to pay court costs.

Ross was charged in June last year she ordered a digger to tear down a wall and dump the rubble on Mr Ellis's Waiheke driveway.

The stoush came about over a small area of jointly-owned land on which Mr Ellis planned to have a driveway and had constructed a retaining wall.

During a hearing at Auckland District Court yesterday, police prosecutor Fiona Culliney said Mr Ellis considered he had authority to build on that land while Ms Ross considered he did not.

She said the case was not about who had rights to the land but about the charge of intentional damage against the defendant.

Ross however claimed no damage was done.

While giving evidence yesterday, Ross said the former rugby star turned TV personality had refused to engage with her over the bitter dispute regarding his Waiheke driveway.

"If he'd had the courtesy to talk to me . . . and go through the due process we might not be here today," she said.

"I feel he must take responsibility for his arrogant attitude."

Mr Ellis, who also spoke yesterday, said he was taken aback when he saw a photo of the alleged damage taken at the time.

"It's worse than I remember.”

He is one of five trustees who owned the address in question on Alan Murray Lane.

They had planning permission to build a house and a driveway, which was put in so work vehicles had access to the site, he said.

Mr Ellis did not make an appearance at the sentencing.

Afterwards Ross said she was "amazed and shocked" at the verdict.

She said it was not the outcome she had expected and she would now speak to her lawyers about her options.