'Pointing fingers': Westmere dairy owner confronts taco joint patron over 10-minute park

"I had to take matters into my own hands," dairy owner Pragnesh Patel tells the Herald.

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Rachel MaherMultimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·27 May, 2026 05:00 PM4 mins to read‌Garnet Dairy owner Pragnesh Patel is sick of Taco Loco restaurant customers parking outside his Westmere shop. Photo / Michael Craig

Tensions over a 10-minute parking bay in one of Auckland’s richest suburbs have boiled over, with a dairy owner storming into a taco restaurant to grill diners over who parked outside his shop.

A recent post on a local community page described an altercation between Garnet Dairy owner Pragnesh Patel

'Pointing fingers': Westmere dairy owner confronts taco joint patron over 10-minute park

'Pointing fingers': Westmere dairy owner confronts taco joint patron over 10-minute park

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