Ross Hooks is enjoying his relocation to Marton.
Skyrocketing rents and costs in Auckland decided buiness owner Ross Hooks to quit the city of sails and head south.
"It was getting too hard to survive especially when your landlord keeps hiking the rent up and up.''
Hooks runs a Beads and Pendants business which used to be
in a factory in Manakau City but is now operated out of a small factory space in Matai St off Station Rd in Marton.
"I just love it here. I miss it that you can't buy anything and everything the way you can in Auckland but then you can't have everything. I mean in Auckland anything you want is right there. The thing is I do love living here. I love the peace and quiet. I don't miss the city traffic and noise at all.''
Together with Hooks running the business is his daughter, Jodi, who has also created a large range of costumes, masks and jewellery for children.
