Onehunga Business Association Newsletter 3 May 2012

In this issue

Onehunga Security Update

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Make the most of Onehunga’s FREE Graffiti removal!

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If your business is located in Onehunga town centre, the Onehunga Business Association will organise for graffiti on your property to be removed for FREE! Please call us straight away when you spot graffiti on your premises (ph OBA on 636 8535) and Graffiti Guard will do a great job removing the graffiti, and usually within 24 hours of getting our call.

We want Onehunga’s town centre to look at its best at all times, which means getting rid of graffiti quickly. Graffiti Guard knows that fast graffiti removal is also the best way to cut down on future incidents of graffiti. So please, help yourselves to this great service, which is paid for with your membership rates.

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For Security Help

Mon–Fri 10.30am - 6.30pm, Sat 10am -3pm

Onehunga out-performs neighbouring areas

call Onehunga Town Centre’s ICON Security Guard

Satia Sami

Or contact the OBA office ph

636 8535.

Outside business hours, on Sundays & Public Holidays please call Police Dial 111

Please be mindful of your customers and other pedestrians in Onehunga on rubbish days: put your bins out ready for Tuesday collection on Monday nights after close of business and take them off the footpath and back onto your business property first thing

Tuesday morning!

BNZ Marketview breaks down where Onehunga’s NZ shoppers are coming from. Ranked by spending, the largest segment are drawn from Onehunga locals and nearby suburbs (32% including 5.5% from Onehunga South East, 5.4% from Onehunga South West and 4.9% from Te Papapa). Of the remainder, 29% come from other Auckland Central suburbs, 28.9% from elsewhere in the Auckland Region and 9.9% from elsewhere in NZ. Looking at international visitor spending, Australians spent the most (18.1% total international visitor spending) although growth in spending was more impressive from the next largest visitor groups: UK visitors - 10.9% visitor spending and an increase in dollars spent of 30.3%; and French visitors - 9.1% visitor spending and an increase in dollars spent of 32.5%.

Balloons, Cupcakes & Crafts

Mums are in for a treat in Onehunga this Mother's Day! On Saturday 12th May, there's CUPCAKES & CRAFTS at Onehunga Community Centre where local children can make gifts to make their mum feel like a princess on Mother’s Day.

Cheers

Amanda, Debbie & Briar

Please note: If your business lies within the Onehunga business precinct you are automatically a member of Onehunga Business Association - paying a part of your rates to fund the OBA.

It’s encouraging to see signs that Onehunga is successfully attracting international visitors, with spending from this group up an impressive 29.8% in the quarter compared with Q1 2011, helped by a 22.5% increase in the number of transactions from visitors.

Onehunga celebrates Mother’s Day

Next Blue Bin collection Tuesdays: May 15 & 29

This e-news is sent to you by Onehunga Business Association, because you are either a member, or you have an interest in the organisation or the area. If you do not wish to receive these communications, please let us know by phoning 636 8535.

Despite unsteady economic growth nationally, the latest quarterly report from BNZ Marketview shows encouraging retail growth in Onehunga. Spending for the three months to March 31, 2012 in Onehunga was up 4.9% against the first quarter last year, compared with only 0.3% growth across the Auckland Region as a whole. This represents a solid increase in sales, especially in comparison with nearby areas: Newmarket (-0.7%), Sylvia Park (+2.4%) and Royal Oak (+1.9%).

The average transaction value for retail sales in Onehunga increased 4.3% to $48.27 from $46.28 in Q1 2011, on an increased 0.6% of total transactions.

BNZ MarketView figures are based on the eftpos and credit card spending of BNZ card holders’ spending with retail merchants throughout the country. With more than 700,000 cardholders, BNZ has around a 20% market share of NZ’s cards business, typically accounting for approximately 14 15% of total spending by value. Its customer base provides an excellent cross section of the national population and, when aggregated, their spending provides a highly accurate indicator of overall consumer spending patterns in New Zealand. Auckland Council funds the quarterly reports provided to Auckland’s Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), including Onehunga Business Association.

Rubbish collections: a reminder about pick up days!

OBA Committee Peter Gibson, President (Parkinson & Bouskill) - 636 3300 Debbie Leaver (The Library Café & Function Venue) - 636 7292 Denise Jukes (Jukes Espresso) - 636 6614 Chantelle East (Urban Streetwear Clothing) - 636 0226 Teresa Jacques (Westpac) - 634 8555 Ross Mudafar (Onehunga Family Pharmacy) - 622 2865 Bridget Graham (Deputy Chairperson, Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board) - 301 0101

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Spending in Onehunga up 4.9% in Q1, 2012

021 426 603 Non-OBA CCTVs cameras not monitored by Onehunga Security Guard Onehunga Business Association has received reports that other security companies are offering and/or planning to put their own CCTV cameras around Onehunga. Please be aware that these CCTV cameras will not be part of the OBA’s network and will not be monitored by the Onehunga Security Guard

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3 May, 2012

Take pride in your store’s appearance A few weekends ago the town centre was “bombed” with RC gang tags. These initials were written everywhere and we sent Graffiti Guard a long list of locations to be cleaned up, and tags were removed within two days. Remarkably, not one business gave us a call to advise that they’d been targeted, despite numerous tags on shop fronts. This indicates that store owners aren’t checking on the condition and cleanliness of their store fronts and seeing what they look like to potential customers. Please, do yourselves and your business a favour: take pride in the appearance of your store front! Give it a steam clean, clean the grime off your signage and phone the OBA immediately you spot graffiti or tags on your premises.

Is there graffiti on your roller doors? Let us know by Monday May 21.

The OBA performs regular graffiti sweeps of the town centre area, but during business hours. This means that we won’t spot any graffiti on roller doors. Please let us know, by Monday May 21st, if your roller doors have been tagged or graffiti’d and we’ll ask Graffiti Guard to do a special nighttime / after-hours graffiti clean up.

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Spending in Onehunga up 4.9% in q1 2012 Onehunga celebrates Mother’s Day Onehunga’ Post Office to be auctioned May 23 Promote your spare space on Shared Space NZ Retailers seminar on Employment Relations Breakfast food wanted for Breast Cancer fundraiser Council surveying Auckland Business Associations Scam alerts: Fake $50s, Bogus food complaints & the $100 note switcheroo Onehunga Security Update: make the most of Onehunga’s FREE Graffiti removal Rubbish collections: reminder about pick up dates!

From 11am to 2pm, kids can make a FREE card and special gift for their Mums and, for one very lucky Mum, there will be an extra special gift of a Chamilia bracelet and pendant, courtesy of Onehunga Jewellers.

Onehunga Business Association Amanda Kinzett, Manager 212A Onehunga Mall (upstairs) P: 09 636 8535 F: 09 636 8542 E: business@onehunga.net.nz W: www.onehunga.net.nz Onehunga Onehunga1

Look out for FREE Happy Mother's Day balloons being given out every day in Onehunga Mall and Dress Smart from Monday 7 to Saturday 12 May. Forthcoming events in Onehunga Saturday 22 September: Onehunga Heritage Festival as part of Auckland’s annual two-week heritage celebrations Saturday 24 November: Onehunga Santa Parade. Please let us know if your business or community group would like to participate in the parade! Contact Briar, our Events Manager, on 636 8535, email events@onehunga.net.nz.

www.onehunga.net.nz www.facebook.com/onehunga

Onehunga Post Office to be auctioned

Council surveying Auckland Business Associations

Iconic Onehunga property under the hammer on May 23

Around 50 OBA members to be contacted by 10 May

The iconic old Onehunga Post Office goes under the auction hammer on May 23. It's a jewel in Onehunga's heritage crown and will continue as Columbus Cafe for at least another 10 years, with a new lease just signed. Sounds like a sound property investment. Call Peter Kermode at Colliers on 021 333 723 for details.

Onehunga Business Association wishes to alert members that there’s a possibility you may be contacted before 10 May by a representative from the research company Colmar Brunton, wanting to ask questions relating to the Business Improvement District (BID) programme that guides the activities of Auckland’s BIDS.

After seismic upgrading and restoration in the mid 1990's, the former Onehunga Post Office was reborn as the Blue Strawberry Cafe before becoming Columbus in 2003. With nine years of successful trading history from this site, Columbus recently committed to a new 10-year lease over the entire ground floor, which includes a west facing rear courtyard and separate storage /amenities block out back.

This survey will allow a collective performance measure indicator of Auckland’s BIDs to go in Auckland Council’s Annual Report. Colmar Brunton is surveying 200 hundred businesses per Local Board area. In our Local Board area there are four BIDs, including the OBA, so we expect around 50 Onehunga businesses will be contacted.

The Postman once lived above what’s now the café and from there he could watch the mail ships sail into harbour before riding his horse down to collect the mail from dockside. Today, the upstairs space is home to a very happy office tenant who never has far to go for good coffee and food. If he was ever to leave, the space could be leased as either commercial or residential space.

If you’re an OBA member and would like further information on this survey, please contact: Maddie (Madeleine) Moore, Senior Client Executive at Colmar Brunton, ph 919 9290 or email maddie.moore@colmarbrunton.co.nz.

On top of a total return of $134,000 net pa, strength of tenant covenant and structural integrity, the new owner will secure fee simple tenure and a strategic corner site in a well established popular location. For more information on this property view : www.colliers.co.nz/17227/

Scam alerts!

Have you got office space to Lease or Sub-Lease ?

Businesses with smaller spaces to rent/lease can put listings on Shared Space. Some of the many benefits of sharing your unused commercial space include: increased revenue, reduced waste, a solution for downsizing, and it’s also great for networking and adding to workplace creativity and diversity.

www.sharedspace.co.nz

Additionally, Let Onehunga Business Association know if you’ve space to lease. We often get enquiries, including for shared spaces, and can put this info up on our website for you. Phone 636 8535 or email admin@onehunga.net.nz.

Employment Relations Seminar, May 16 NZ Retailers Association

The Employment Agreement is the basis of Employment Relations. Come and hear Roy Hanrahan, NZRA’s advisor on Employment Relations, take you through the Employment Agreement on Wednesday 16 May 2012 at the Commerce Club, 27-33 Ohinerau St, Remuera from 9.30am to 12.30pm. NZRA Member: $65 incl. GST; Non Member: $95 incl. GST Roy will cover: • The problems that can arise and advise you how to deal with them • Dealing with poor performance • Workplace disputes and grievances • Trial periods • Sick and Annual leave • Redundancy

Breakfast food wanted for NZ Breast Cancer fundraiser Pink Ribbon breakfast in Onehunga

A group hosting a "Pink Ribbon Breakfast" in Onehunga for 80 women is looking for sponsorship, through donations of food items, from local businesses.

The breakfast, on Saturday 26 May at 1 Pearce Street, is to raise money for New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. The organisers are seeking contributions to the breakfast such as Breads/Rolls, Eggs, Bacon, Milk, Fresh fruits, Breakfast cereals, Cakes/muffins and Pink Decorations. Non-food items are also being sought for "goodie bags" and contributors to the event would be welcome to add a flyer or promotional material to the bags.

New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation's Pink Ribbon Breakfast campaign runs throughout May. The money raised this year will help fund community outreach programmes throughout the country. For more info see: www.pinkribbonbreakfast.co.nz.

If you'd like to help Ana, Selina and Lisi put on a great fundraiser, please contact Selina Fihaki on 027 355 4402, or email selinafihaki@yahoo.com.au

Register online here: www.retail.org.nz/nzraevents.html

Fake $50 notes in circulation More counterfeit bank notes have been spotted in circulation - this time $50 notes. While NZ’s bank notes are to have updated security features in 2014, our current notes offer many security features, as seen at right. (More info on these at: http://is.gd/NZbanknotes) Most fake notes look and feel different, and are sometimes a slightly different size.

If you suspect you’ve been given a fake note, check it for the security features sown at right and against other notes in your till. Be alert to anyone asking to change a $50 into other notes. Give Police a description of anyone attempting to pass a counterfeit bank note. Try to get a car registration number if you’re able to do so safely.

Bogus complaints to eateries: Cafés, Restaurants & Takeaways beware!

As reported in the NZ Herald last week, “con artists are canvassing restaurants with bogus complaints such as food poisoning in a bid to get "refunds" for meals they never bought.” (Read story here: http://is.gd/badfood). Onehunga’s Library Café is one local eatery we know of that’s recently had someone pull the food poison scam on them.

The Restaurant Association is warning its members about the sudden rise in fake complaints to eateries, which include claims of food poisoning, poor service, bad milk in coffee or an incorrect charge. Marisa Bidois, chief executive of the Restaurant Association said such frauds were longstanding but had spiked this year and mostly relied on less senior staff members becoming flustered enough to issue a refund.

Read the unlikely complaint Soul Bar’ received from “Rachael Marie Gee”, and owner Judith Tabron’s response here: http://is.gd/SoulBar. Tabron’s excellent letter highlights all the things eateries should query when accused of some fault by a likely con artist. Ask for the receipt first, then details including the date and time the complainant was at your eatery, what they ate, if they made a booking whose name was it under, what was ordered and any details on who served them.

The $100 note switcheroo scam A distinctive Brazilian-looking man has successfully swindled a number of Body Shop and Cotton On stores using an old “trick”. The scammer goes to pay for a small item with a $100 note, then he asks for the note back while the shopkeeper is getting his change. Somehow he manages to distract and confuse the shopkeeper, who then gives him change from $100, while the scammer keeps the original $100 note. Police report that approximately six similar incidents have happened so far, mainly at malls, in St Lukes, Newmarket, LynnMall and Albany.

The man is described as: Brazilian looking; Short dark hair; Mid 20s; 6ft tall; Braces on his teeth; and carrying a satchel.

Please contact Constable Don Allan, Onehunga Community Constable phone 622 8722, if you have any questions or would like advice on how to approach this person if he comes your business.

Onehunga Post Office to be auctioned

Council surveying Auckland Business Associations

Iconic Onehunga property under the hammer on May 23

Around 50 OBA members to be contacted by 10 May

The iconic old Onehunga Post Office goes under the auction hammer on May 23. It's a jewel in Onehunga's heritage crown and will continue as Columbus Cafe for at least another 10 years, with a new lease just signed. Sounds like a sound property investment. Call Peter Kermode at Colliers on 021 333 723 for details.

Onehunga Business Association wishes to alert members that there’s a possibility you may be contacted before 10 May by a representative from the research company Colmar Brunton, wanting to ask questions relating to the Business Improvement District (BID) programme that guides the activities of Auckland’s BIDS.

After seismic upgrading and restoration in the mid 1990's, the former Onehunga Post Office was reborn as the Blue Strawberry Cafe before becoming Columbus in 2003. With nine years of successful trading history from this site, Columbus recently committed to a new 10-year lease over the entire ground floor, which includes a west facing rear courtyard and separate storage /amenities block out back.

This survey will allow a collective performance measure indicator of Auckland’s BIDs to go in Auckland Council’s Annual Report. Colmar Brunton is surveying 200 hundred businesses per Local Board area. In our Local Board area there are four BIDs, including the OBA, so we expect around 50 Onehunga businesses will be contacted.

The Postman once lived above what’s now the café and from there he could watch the mail ships sail into harbour before riding his horse down to collect the mail from dockside. Today, the upstairs space is home to a very happy office tenant who never has far to go for good coffee and food. If he was ever to leave, the space could be leased as either commercial or residential space.

If you’re an OBA member and would like further information on this survey, please contact: Maddie (Madeleine) Moore, Senior Client Executive at Colmar Brunton, ph 919 9290 or email maddie.moore@colmarbrunton.co.nz.

On top of a total return of $134,000 net pa, strength of tenant covenant and structural integrity, the new owner will secure fee simple tenure and a strategic corner site in a well established popular location. For more information on this property view : www.colliers.co.nz/17227/

Scam alerts!

Have you got office space to Lease or Sub-Lease ?

Businesses with smaller spaces to rent/lease can put listings on Shared Space. Some of the many benefits of sharing your unused commercial space include: increased revenue, reduced waste, a solution for downsizing, and it’s also great for networking and adding to workplace creativity and diversity.

www.sharedspace.co.nz

Additionally, Let Onehunga Business Association know if you’ve space to lease. We often get enquiries, including for shared spaces, and can put this info up on our website for you. Phone 636 8535 or email admin@onehunga.net.nz.

Employment Relations Seminar, May 16 NZ Retailers Association

The Employment Agreement is the basis of Employment Relations. Come and hear Roy Hanrahan, NZRA’s advisor on Employment Relations, take you through the Employment Agreement on Wednesday 16 May 2012 at the Commerce Club, 27-33 Ohinerau St, Remuera from 9.30am to 12.30pm. NZRA Member: $65 incl. GST; Non Member: $95 incl. GST Roy will cover: • The problems that can arise and advise you how to deal with them • Dealing with poor performance • Workplace disputes and grievances • Trial periods • Sick and Annual leave • Redundancy

Breakfast food wanted for NZ Breast Cancer fundraiser Pink Ribbon breakfast in Onehunga

A group hosting a "Pink Ribbon Breakfast" in Onehunga for 80 women is looking for sponsorship, through donations of food items, from local businesses.

The breakfast, on Saturday 26 May at 1 Pearce Street, is to raise money for New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. The organisers are seeking contributions to the breakfast such as Breads/Rolls, Eggs, Bacon, Milk, Fresh fruits, Breakfast cereals, Cakes/muffins and Pink Decorations. Non-food items are also being sought for "goodie bags" and contributors to the event would be welcome to add a flyer or promotional material to the bags.

New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation's Pink Ribbon Breakfast campaign runs throughout May. The money raised this year will help fund community outreach programmes throughout the country. For more info see: www.pinkribbonbreakfast.co.nz.

If you'd like to help Ana, Selina and Lisi put on a great fundraiser, please contact Selina Fihaki on 027 355 4402, or email selinafihaki@yahoo.com.au

Register online here: www.retail.org.nz/nzraevents.html

Fake $50 notes in circulation More counterfeit bank notes have been spotted in circulation - this time $50 notes. While NZ’s bank notes are to have updated security features in 2014, our current notes offer many security features, as seen at right. (More info on these at: http://is.gd/NZbanknotes) Most fake notes look and feel different, and are sometimes a slightly different size.

If you suspect you’ve been given a fake note, check it for the security features sown at right and against other notes in your till. Be alert to anyone asking to change a $50 into other notes. Give Police a description of anyone attempting to pass a counterfeit bank note. Try to get a car registration number if you’re able to do so safely.

Bogus complaints to eateries: Cafés, Restaurants & Takeaways beware!

As reported in the NZ Herald last week, “con artists are canvassing restaurants with bogus complaints such as food poisoning in a bid to get "refunds" for meals they never bought.” (Read story here: http://is.gd/badfood). Onehunga’s Library Café is one local eatery we know of that’s recently had someone pull the food poison scam on them.

The Restaurant Association is warning its members about the sudden rise in fake complaints to eateries, which include claims of food poisoning, poor service, bad milk in coffee or an incorrect charge. Marisa Bidois, chief executive of the Restaurant Association said such frauds were longstanding but had spiked this year and mostly relied on less senior staff members becoming flustered enough to issue a refund.

Read the unlikely complaint Soul Bar’ received from “Rachael Marie Gee”, and owner Judith Tabron’s response here: http://is.gd/SoulBar. Tabron’s excellent letter highlights all the things eateries should query when accused of some fault by a likely con artist. Ask for the receipt first, then details including the date and time the complainant was at your eatery, what they ate, if they made a booking whose name was it under, what was ordered and any details on who served them.

The $100 note switcheroo scam A distinctive Brazilian-looking man has successfully swindled a number of Body Shop and Cotton On stores using an old “trick”. The scammer goes to pay for a small item with a $100 note, then he asks for the note back while the shopkeeper is getting his change. Somehow he manages to distract and confuse the shopkeeper, who then gives him change from $100, while the scammer keeps the original $100 note. Police report that approximately six similar incidents have happened so far, mainly at malls, in St Lukes, Newmarket, LynnMall and Albany.

The man is described as: Brazilian looking; Short dark hair; Mid 20s; 6ft tall; Braces on his teeth; and carrying a satchel.

Please contact Constable Don Allan, Onehunga Community Constable phone 622 8722, if you have any questions or would like advice on how to approach this person if he comes your business.

In this issue

Onehunga Security Update

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Make the most of Onehunga’s FREE Graffiti removal!

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If your business is located in Onehunga town centre, the Onehunga Business Association will organise for graffiti on your property to be removed for FREE! Please call us straight away when you spot graffiti on your premises (ph OBA on 636 8535) and Graffiti Guard will do a great job removing the graffiti, and usually within 24 hours of getting our call.

We want Onehunga’s town centre to look at its best at all times, which means getting rid of graffiti quickly. Graffiti Guard knows that fast graffiti removal is also the best way to cut down on future incidents of graffiti. So please, help yourselves to this great service, which is paid for with your membership rates.

e e e

For Security Help

Mon–Fri 10.30am - 6.30pm, Sat 10am -3pm

Onehunga out-performs neighbouring areas

call Onehunga Town Centre’s ICON Security Guard

Satia Sami

Or contact the OBA office ph

636 8535.

Outside business hours, on Sundays & Public Holidays please call Police Dial 111

Please be mindful of your customers and other pedestrians in Onehunga on rubbish days: put your bins out ready for Tuesday collection on Monday nights after close of business and take them off the footpath and back onto your business property first thing

Tuesday morning!

BNZ Marketview breaks down where Onehunga’s NZ shoppers are coming from. Ranked by spending, the largest segment are drawn from Onehunga locals and nearby suburbs (32% including 5.5% from Onehunga South East, 5.4% from Onehunga South West and 4.9% from Te Papapa). Of the remainder, 29% come from other Auckland Central suburbs, 28.9% from elsewhere in the Auckland Region and 9.9% from elsewhere in NZ. Looking at international visitor spending, Australians spent the most (18.1% total international visitor spending) although growth in spending was more impressive from the next largest visitor groups: UK visitors - 10.9% visitor spending and an increase in dollars spent of 30.3%; and French visitors - 9.1% visitor spending and an increase in dollars spent of 32.5%.

Balloons, Cupcakes & Crafts

Mums are in for a treat in Onehunga this Mother's Day! On Saturday 12th May, there's CUPCAKES & CRAFTS at Onehunga Community Centre where local children can make gifts to make their mum feel like a princess on Mother’s Day.

Cheers

Amanda, Debbie & Briar

Please note: If your business lies within the Onehunga business precinct you are automatically a member of Onehunga Business Association - paying a part of your rates to fund the OBA.

It’s encouraging to see signs that Onehunga is successfully attracting international visitors, with spending from this group up an impressive 29.8% in the quarter compared with Q1 2011, helped by a 22.5% increase in the number of transactions from visitors.

Onehunga celebrates Mother’s Day

Next Blue Bin collection Tuesdays: May 15 & 29

This e-news is sent to you by Onehunga Business Association, because you are either a member, or you have an interest in the organisation or the area. If you do not wish to receive these communications, please let us know by phoning 636 8535.

Despite unsteady economic growth nationally, the latest quarterly report from BNZ Marketview shows encouraging retail growth in Onehunga. Spending for the three months to March 31, 2012 in Onehunga was up 4.9% against the first quarter last year, compared with only 0.3% growth across the Auckland Region as a whole. This represents a solid increase in sales, especially in comparison with nearby areas: Newmarket (-0.7%), Sylvia Park (+2.4%) and Royal Oak (+1.9%).

The average transaction value for retail sales in Onehunga increased 4.3% to $48.27 from $46.28 in Q1 2011, on an increased 0.6% of total transactions.

BNZ MarketView figures are based on the eftpos and credit card spending of BNZ card holders’ spending with retail merchants throughout the country. With more than 700,000 cardholders, BNZ has around a 20% market share of NZ’s cards business, typically accounting for approximately 14 15% of total spending by value. Its customer base provides an excellent cross section of the national population and, when aggregated, their spending provides a highly accurate indicator of overall consumer spending patterns in New Zealand. Auckland Council funds the quarterly reports provided to Auckland’s Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), including Onehunga Business Association.

Rubbish collections: a reminder about pick up days!

OBA Committee Peter Gibson, President (Parkinson & Bouskill) - 636 3300 Debbie Leaver (The Library Café & Function Venue) - 636 7292 Denise Jukes (Jukes Espresso) - 636 6614 Chantelle East (Urban Streetwear Clothing) - 636 0226 Teresa Jacques (Westpac) - 634 8555 Ross Mudafar (Onehunga Family Pharmacy) - 622 2865 Bridget Graham (Deputy Chairperson, Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board) - 301 0101

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Spending in Onehunga up 4.9% in Q1, 2012

021 426 603 Non-OBA CCTVs cameras not monitored by Onehunga Security Guard Onehunga Business Association has received reports that other security companies are offering and/or planning to put their own CCTV cameras around Onehunga. Please be aware that these CCTV cameras will not be part of the OBA’s network and will not be monitored by the Onehunga Security Guard

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3 May, 2012

Take pride in your store’s appearance A few weekends ago the town centre was “bombed” with RC gang tags. These initials were written everywhere and we sent Graffiti Guard a long list of locations to be cleaned up, and tags were removed within two days. Remarkably, not one business gave us a call to advise that they’d been targeted, despite numerous tags on shop fronts. This indicates that store owners aren’t checking on the condition and cleanliness of their store fronts and seeing what they look like to potential customers. Please, do yourselves and your business a favour: take pride in the appearance of your store front! Give it a steam clean, clean the grime off your signage and phone the OBA immediately you spot graffiti or tags on your premises.

Is there graffiti on your roller doors? Let us know by Monday May 21.

The OBA performs regular graffiti sweeps of the town centre area, but during business hours. This means that we won’t spot any graffiti on roller doors. Please let us know, by Monday May 21st, if your roller doors have been tagged or graffiti’d and we’ll ask Graffiti Guard to do a special nighttime / after-hours graffiti clean up.

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Spending in Onehunga up 4.9% in q1 2012 Onehunga celebrates Mother’s Day Onehunga’ Post Office to be auctioned May 23 Promote your spare space on Shared Space NZ Retailers seminar on Employment Relations Breakfast food wanted for Breast Cancer fundraiser Council surveying Auckland Business Associations Scam alerts: Fake $50s, Bogus food complaints & the $100 note switcheroo Onehunga Security Update: make the most of Onehunga’s FREE Graffiti removal Rubbish collections: reminder about pick up dates!

From 11am to 2pm, kids can make a FREE card and special gift for their Mums and, for one very lucky Mum, there will be an extra special gift of a Chamilia bracelet and pendant, courtesy of Onehunga Jewellers.

Onehunga Business Association Amanda Kinzett, Manager 212A Onehunga Mall (upstairs) P: 09 636 8535 F: 09 636 8542 E: business@onehunga.net.nz W: www.onehunga.net.nz Onehunga Onehunga1

Look out for FREE Happy Mother's Day balloons being given out every day in Onehunga Mall and Dress Smart from Monday 7 to Saturday 12 May. Forthcoming events in Onehunga Saturday 22 September: Onehunga Heritage Festival as part of Auckland’s annual two-week heritage celebrations Saturday 24 November: Onehunga Santa Parade. Please let us know if your business or community group would like to participate in the parade! Contact Briar, our Events Manager, on 636 8535, email events@onehunga.net.nz.

www.onehunga.net.nz www.facebook.com/onehunga