Marewa beggars forcing hundreds of Napier customers to shop elsewhere
13 Jan, 2021 11:20 PM
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Retailers in the Marewa Shopping Centre say beggar-related issues have escalated. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
Businesses and users of Napier s Marewa Village Shopping Centre want tougher council action and policing to end street-begging issues which escalated this week with an assault on a shopkeeper. But it wasn t the first, said the owner of the Marewa Four Square, who was punched as he rang for police on Tuesday afternoon to report harassment of users of an ATM outside his shop.
The retailer, who has been in the area about 10 years and who still had bruises around the shoulder and neck where he was hit, said it d been really bad in the last couple of years.