{"id":582229,"date":"2026-08-27T19:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/582229\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:12:23","slug":"mt-eden-barbershop-owner-dumbfounded-after-storefront-smashed-with-crowbars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/582229\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt Eden barbershop owner \u2018dumbfounded\u2019 after storefront smashed with crowbars"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cWhy they tried to target us, we\u2019re dumbfounded. Absolutely got no clue.\u201d <\/p>\n
The couple have been at their Dominion Rd site for six years, in which time a car has crashed into the shop, there have been attempted break-ins, and someone once defecated outside. <\/p>\n
Two men in balaclavas smashed the glass storefront of Tareks Barbershop in Mt Eden yesterday morning. Photo \/ Tareks Barbershop<\/p>\n
Despite that, Tarek said they loved the location and surrounding community. <\/p>\n
They donated to surrounding primary schools and gave free haircuts to people in need, she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s just some people, you know, that really ruin it and make it difficult for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get really heartbroken about stuff like this because it\u2019s personal for us. It\u2019s our own baby, you know, it\u2019s our business.\u201d<\/p>\n
She and her husband were locals who had built their business \u201c from nothing\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe try to do the best we can for our small business and just seeing somebody try and destroy it like that is really sad.\u201d <\/p>\n
Tarek said she looked at the bright side of the latest incident, despite the likely $6000-$7000 repair cost.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll just post it and try and put some light on it, you know, that these guys actually should go to the gym because they couldn\u2019t even break a glass window with a crowbar.\u201d <\/p>\n
Police said they received a report of wilful damage to the shop. <\/p>\n
Inquiries were being made to identify and locate those involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhy they tried to target us, we\u2019re dumbfounded. Absolutely got no clue.\u201d The couple have been at their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,51,23301,178366,286779,286778,8142,10048,111,43,139,69,2738,384,50643,82192,1458,102],"class_list":["post-582229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-barbershop","tag-coowner","tag-crowbars","tag-dumbfounded","tag-eden","tag-mt","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-owner","tag-people","tag-smashed","tag-storefront","tag-targeted","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}