Tauranga optometrists give almost century-old Rotorua CBD building 'new lease of life' 10 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Blur Eyecare sets up business in Rotorua Two Tauranga business owners have taken over an iconic almost century-old building in the Rotorua CBD to bring their specialist optometry business to the city. The building at 1202 Pukaki St was built in 1927 and had become a well-known and standout building on the commercial street. Over the years, it had been a residential house, a dental practice, an insurance broker and the electorate office of former Waiariki MP Tāmati Coffey. Now Stu Laing and Haidee Mannix, owners of Blur Eyecare, bought it for a price in the $500,000 range to give it "a facelift" and a "new lease of life" rather than bowl down the piece of local history.