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There were cars of every description at the monthly Meguiars Coffee & Cars event at Mt Smart Stadium at the weekend. An impressive 860 cars, trucks and motorcycles were on display. Times photographer Wayne Martin captured this shot (and loads of others) of the imposing front of a Cadillac which features the first automotive Cadillac emblem.
wo local Auckland Council candidates have created an action plan to tackle rising crime rates and improve community safety across the city. Howick Local Board member Bo Burns and incumbent Howick ward councillor Paul Young are campaigning together for seats on the council’s governing body. They’ve created a crime-reduction plan they’re revealing just a week after five adjacent businesses in Howick’s Moore Street were targeted by a group of offenders. That incident is part of an ongoing crime wave across Auckland that’s included numerous ram-raid and smash-and-grab burglaries and robberies of businesses. Burns and Young say they’ll push to implement their crime and safety plan should they be elected to the council at the local-body elections in October. “We personally know businesspeople who have been impacted by recent ram-raids and burglaries. “We’ll advocate for a safer community and city through a strategic and
achievable five-point plan to reduce crime in our area and regionally. “Our plan is robust, effective and it will make our community feel and be safer. “This community and our local businesses need confidence back and to not be fearful any longer. “Our plan will be a step forward in improving people’s quality of life.” The duo say the first plank of their plan is to accurately recognise key issues around crime and safety in east Auckland. “We’ll talk to police, the local board and local and regional community stakeholders to gather crime data to identify what’s driving the current spike in crime. “Secondly, we’ll push council departments for emergency regional funding to be available to support practical crime and safety measures that businesses can access. “We’ll pursue realistic ideas that support our police to connect with groups such as ratepayers and residents’ associations, Neighbourhood Watch, and others to share information quicker around the latest crime hotspots. Turn to page 3
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