A Bay of Plenty service station owner who's been targeted multiple times by ram-raiders and burglars says she feels the region is being ignored by the government with efforts to deter criminals confined to Auckland.
Keryn Mahoney and Glenn Rickard, who own the only gas station in Rotomā, were among three dozen or so locals who met with police and political leaders yesterday to demand action on the crime wave.
They have been ram raided twice and burgled twice since March 2021 last year.
Our reporter Leonard Powell visited them to find out what impact this has had.
