Napier businesses and locals are becoming increasingly worried about being safe in the city.
Police around the palm trees of Clive Square, just around the corner from the city s homeless outreach centre.
Photo: RNZ / Tom Kitchin
Central Napier may be picturesque - lined with art deco buildings and palm trees. But people in the city say the levels of insecurity are reaching an alarming level.
Homeless man Jeff often hangs around Clive Square, a central recreational spot in the city.
He explained why he spent time there. Well, the outreach centre s been open over there for the last 10 years and we ve been patronising that place, and it s in this vicinity so we sort of stuck around in this vicinity cause we don t want to travel too far. Too cold up the f ing beach and all the rest of it .
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