Pegasus Post: September 03, 2019

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Break-in won’t bring shop down
• By Claire Booker
MAIREHAU continues to be
hit by burglaries and break-ins
– with the Pay it Forward gift
shop targeted last week. The
shop was the second business
targeted along Nancy Ave last
week after the neighbouring
fish and chip shop had its door
smashed and till stolen.
Pay it Forward has been in
the building for six years, and
co-ordinator Lee Arthur said
the dairy two shops along has
been broken into multiple times,
but this was the first time Pay it
Forward had been targeted
Luckily for the shop, nothing
was stolen, which Mrs Arthur
thinks is due to the alarm
system and the fact there was no
cash on the premises.
“They didn’t take anything, I
think they were just looking for
money,” she said.
A wheelie bin was used to
break the store window, the till
was opened and draws were
sifted through.
The shop is run by The
Neighbourhood Trust and is a
social enterprise where 60 of the
city’s creative entrepreneurs can
sell their products.
The shop also provides
social support to budding
OPEN: Pay It Forward Mairehau co-ordinator Lee Arthur said
the recent break-in won’t bring the store down.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
entrepreneurs and runs craft
classes for the community at
subsidised rates so crafts can
be accessed by a wide range of
people.
Entrepreneurs who sell their
products through the shop
make their own profits, and
a commission goes to The
Neighbourhood Trust, which
puts the money back into the
community.
Mrs Arthur said she didn’t
know what would lead someone
to break into the shop.
“We definitely won’t be
brought down by it,” Mrs
Arthur said.
The shop has received a lot of
community feedback and online
support following the break-in.
A Facebook post from Pay it
Forward said: “Unfortunately,
the word hasn’t got out to
everyone that our profits go
back into the community. So the
people that broke into our shop
this morning didn’t realise that
they weren’t just hurting us, but
they were also hurting the local
community.”
Mrs Arthur said the
attempted burglary has done the
opposite of what the offenders
probably wanted. The shop has
since reopened and the window
has been repaired.
“It’s made us feel loved, we
will prevail,” she said.
In Brief
FLOATING WETLANDS
City council staff have advised
there will be no effect on Avon
River water levels as a result of
the new floating wetlands in
Shirley during normal flows.
During flood flows there will be
minimal impact. The wetlands
are designed to help reduce
the flood risk for properties
upstream in Shirley.
CLOCK TOWER REPAIRS
City council staff have
confirmed that lighting will be
reinstalled as part of the repair
work being carried out on the
New Brighton Clock Tower.
SHAW AVE TOILETS
Planting and maintenance work
to tidy up the Shaw Ave public
toilet gardens and pathways
will begin next week. This will
include the lifting of a Ngaio
tree, weed removal and planting
in the garden beds. The Coastal-
Burwood Community Board
asked for this to happen in April.
RESERVE UPGRADES
The project to replace
earthquake damaged assets in
Horseshoe Lake Reserve is in
construction. This will involve
replacing the car park, removing
an earthquake damaged
footbridge and upgrading the
track to connect the car park
and toilet.
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