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After almost thirty years in business, an Auckland cakery this afternoon closed its doors for the final time, blaming tighter household budgets and the soaring cost of ingredients like butter. The City Cake Company in Mount Eden was run by the late Maureen Keene and her daughter Tracey Baird, but grief and compounding costs have taken over. With the company in liquidation, owing $30,000, today was the last day customers could get their sweet fix, with everything half price, in the hopes nothing would go to waste. Louise Ternouth and Camera Operator Marika Khabazi were there. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default default/index.html?videoId=6345976572112
The millage is a renewal, so homeowners would not see a tax hike if it passes. This money would be used over the course of five years, to fund programs for students.
The café is being run by students in the school’s mildly cognitively impaired and moderately cognitively impaired classes as part of Northwest High School’s transition and life skills curriculum.