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Police trespass 10 people at encampment at burnt-down Napier backpacker site

By James Pocock & Gary Hamilton-Irvine
Hawkes Bay Today·
29 Aug, 2024 09:17 PMQuick Read

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Police at the former Kiwi Keith's backpackers on Friday issuing trespass notices. Photo / James Pocock

Police at the former Kiwi Keith's backpackers on Friday issuing trespass notices. Photo / James Pocock

Police have issued at least 10 trespass notices to people illegally staying at a burnt-down former Napier backpacker site.

The former Kiwi Keith’s backpackers site on Marine Parade suffered an extensive fire in August 2023, with only one two-storey building surviving the blaze.

It had been vacant for a few years when it burnt down.

On Friday about 8.20am, a large police presence swooped on the site and issued between 10 and 12 trespass notices around what appeared to be a make-shift tent-like building among the debris from the fire-damaged building.

A police spokeswoman said the notices were issued to people staying inside the property.

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