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Kararaina Makere Te Rauna, 33, appeared in the New Plymouth District Court on eight charges of shoplifting and theft on Wednesday. (File photo)
Though confident a recidivist thief would continue to steal, a community magistrate has nonetheless challenged the woman to prove them wrong after convicting her for a brazen three-day shoplifting spree in Taranaki. In October last year, Kararaina Makere Te Rauna, 33, and an alleged co-offender drove around Taranaki under the influence of synthetic cannabis, stealing from numerous shops and petrol stations to help fund their habit, a police summary of facts stated. At New Plymouth District Court on Wednesday Te Rauna said she “can t remember much” of the weekend, which saw her and another person, who cannot be named as they are yet to go through the courts, steal more than $1200 in goods and fuel.
The private property development, investment and management company was founded more than 40 years ago. Executive director Jack Ray said this will be their first development on the Fraser Coast, and their eighth of this kind in regional Queensland. Gold Coast company Ray Group are constructing Hervey Bay s first Mobil service station and drive-through Zarraffa s at 12-14 Boat Harbour Dr, Pialba. He said his company was acting on behalf of Mobil and Zarraffa s desire to expand their services in Hervey Bay. The coffee shop will be run by the existing local operators/franchisee of the Zarraffa s Coffee outlet at the Woolworths centre in Pialba - who have been there for 11 years.