Fed up Rotorua business owners believe the amount of emergency housing in the city is contributing to a recent spate of ram raids.
There have been well over 400 raids nationally in the past 12 months, and Bay of Plenty businesses are among those most targeted.
Frustrated locals have met with police and community leaders to talk about how bad things have become, and to urge them to take further action.
Leonard Powell reports from Rotorua.