13 Nov 2024

Increase in antisocial behaviour in Napier square - businesses

From Checkpoint, 5:16 pm on 13 November 2024

A Napier dentist is considering moving shop because of increasing aggressive and antisocial behaviour in what was once a peaceful central city square. Local businesses reckon there's been a rapid increase in assaults, verbal abuse, drug dealing and people pooing in Napier's clive square. They raised it with the council three years ago, but they say nothing's changed. Dentist Brad Betty has seen a lot, running his business on the square for 20 years, but nothing quite like recent weeks, he spoke to Lisa Owen.