Whangamata doesn't want to be known for having an appetite for destruction
Whangamata doesn't want to be known for having an appetite for destruction
1 January 2021
Police arrested 22 people in Whangamata last night, after droves of drunken teenagers rampaged through the streets.
Some climbed onto the roof of Blackies Cafe, and hurled bottles into the crowd and at Police.
It's understood the roof is badly damaged, and about six thousand dollars worth of stock were stolen.
Thames-Coromandel District Mayor Sandra Goudie recalls one New Year's Eve where things got out of hand, and says it was like a warzone.
She says last night would have been horrendous, given there are record numbers of people on the peninsula.
Goudie says they'd hoped to escape that reputation after clamping down on public drinking.
But she says it's obviously reared its ugly head once again.
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