The 18-year-old is likely one of the youngest business owners in New Zealand, opening a new chapter in the history of Queenstown's Innersteel Body Piercing studio. The Skyline Arcade business closed after the sudden death of its owner David van der Camp, aged 54, in mid-March. She had been working part-time in retail and she came across van der Camp, recognising him from a previous piercing. But after a long chat with her parents, she decided she would keep the business — and van der Camp's legacy — alive. Asked what van der Camp would have thought about her foray into business, she said she believed he would be "so proud" of her.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 11, 2022 22:13 UTC