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Kate Hawkesby: You can’t gaslight your way out of a problem by telling people it’s not happening
So another day, another shop closing for good because they’re fed up with being robbed.
That sees off West Auckland’s only Post Shop – seven ram raids and break ins have pushed them over the edge.
They’ve been in business 20 years. Now, they’re closing their doors for good.
It beggars belief that business owners are getting run out of town by thugs and criminals, but that’s where we are now. Remember Michael Hill Jeweller in Auckland’s Takapuna shut up shop after several burglaries and ram raids too?
Reported retail crime doubled between 2018 and 2022. Auckland Business Chamber’s Simon…
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