CELEBRATING 50 YEARS
EASTER MESSAGE PAGE 10
SUNDAY MARKETS
AWARD-WINNING VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY – NZCNA Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Vol 51, No 14 Thinking of Selling Your Properties?
Together we can Support Local
16 Jesmond Rd, Karaka Ph (09) 294 6687 E: eat@redshedpalazzo.co.nz
SUNDAY MARKETS
Red Shed
Weddings-Birthdays Wedding Wedding -- Birthdays Birthdays
Palazzo
16 Jesmond Jesmond Rd, Rd, Karaka Karaka 16 Jesmond Rd, Karaka 16 Ph Ph(09) (09)294 2946687 6687 P: 09 294 6687 E: eat@redshedpalazzo.co.nz www.redshedpalazzo.co.nz www.redshedpalazzo.co.nz E: E: eat@redshedpalazzo.co.nz eat@redshedpalazzo.co.nz
Councillor Paul Young paul.young@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Call the expert now for a FREE appraisal! 21 years experience
JH16684-V34
JH16371-V4
Open 5 Days Wednesday-Sunday
Wedding - Birthdays
DY0287-v2
Palazzo
www.redshedpalazzo.co.nz
General 09 271 8000 ■ Classified 09 271 8055 ■ Delivery Enquiries 09 271 8000 ■ Website www.times.co.nz
KAT7406-V20
SUNDAY SUNDAY Red Shed MARKETS MARKETS
Est. 1972
Angela Cai | 021 889 058 www.angelacai.co.nz Five AM Realty Ltd Licensed (REAA 2008)
RAM-RAID VICTIM “VIOLATED” By CHRIS HARROWELL
rettes and nine or 10 bottles of Malibu rum. “They ransacked behind the counter area and pulled all the tills apart. We leave them open so you can see there’s no money in there but they still went through it anyway.” Granger says she felt emotional seeing the damage caused to the store. “When I pulled into the driveway I just sat in my car and cried because I wasn’t expecting that. “It was a huge shock when I first got here, and to have police all over the place. “Watching the [CCTV] footage feels really violating. “To see people ransack your property like
that with complete disregard. We’re all finding it rough at the moment and this adds insult to injury on top of everything else.” The tow truck driver who removed the vehicle used in the ram raid at her store told her he’s being called “to go and pull a car out of a building” every night, Granger says. “I’m not sure what they [the thieves] were trying to achieve but they certainly made enough damage and caused us enough of a headache.” A police spokesperson says officers responded to reports of a ram raid at a retail premises in Elliot St at about 5.05am on ➤ Turn to page 5 April 3.
175TH ANNIVERSARY
History buffs seize the chance to meet author By CHRIS HARROWELL Dozens of people turned out to have copies of a book detailing the history of the local community signed. The book, entitled Owairoa to Howick, is the work of Pictured at the book signing are, from left, Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, Howick Historian Alan La Roche, former Howick borough council mayor Morrin Cooper, and Paper Plus Howick manager Katie Treneman. Times photo Wayne Martin
highly respected Howick Historian and author Alan La Roche. It contains a compilation of stories documenting the history of Howick and districts, celebrating the region’s 175th anniversary this year, and is published by Times Media. La Roche and former Howick borough mayor Morrin Cooper, who wrote the book’s forward, signed copies for people outside Poppies Bookshop and Paper Plus Howick in Picton Street on April 9. ➤ Turn to page 5
EASTCLIFFE ON ORAKEI RETIREMENT VILLAGE Available now! Only one left of our newly joined 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartments. Don’t miss out! CONTACT US TO VIEW 217 Kupe Street, Orakei, Auckland. Ph: (09) 521 9015 E: receptioneastcliffe@ eastcliffe.co.nz www.eastcliffe.co.nz
KC15371
All occupational licenses for units at the village are secured by a first ranking encumbrance over the village land in favour of the Statutory Supervisor.
JH169090-V4
J
oss Granger sat in her car and cried when she arrived at her east Auckland business and saw the damage it had sustained at the hands of ram-raiding thieves. The owner-operator of LiquorLand Howick says she felt violated after her Elliot Street store was broken into and ransacked by a group of people at about 5am on April 3. “At first they tried to kick and break the window and were throwing something at it,” she told the Times. “That obviously didn’t work so then they
used one of the stolen vehicles [they were in] to ram it.” Granger says her store’s CCTV recorded the incident and the footage has been passed to police, who are investigating. The thieves weren’t able to get the vehicle completely through the wall of the store but managed to create a gap and crawl inside under the window frame, she says. “Neighbours said the noise was insane from the tyres screeching and then hitting the building. We’ve got people up the top of Elliot Street and up the top of Gibraltar Street all saying they heard it.” She says the group stole packets of ciga-