‘Police can’t do anything’: calls for right to self-defence in stores

An Auckland dairy owner has had two of his stores robbed two nights in a row, NZ Herald reports. At the same times, calls from business leaders are loud for the right of dairy owners to defend themselves against robberies. In a meeting between Police Minister Chris Hipkins and the Dairy and Business Owners Group, chairman Sunny Kaushal said they were disappointed they hadn’t been promised the right to defend themselves, their staff and their stock from thieves. “If we try to protect ourselves we get charged, and if we don’t we get stabbed, so it’s a serious issue.”