Quicker appeal over cafe owners' residency fightNicholas Boyack Java Point Cafe staff member Abby Clarkson (left) and owner Steve Jensen on the cafe's last day of business credit: Nicholas BoyackA lifeline has been thrown to a Lower Hutt family whose residency application has been rejected. Steve Jensen, wife Nancy and their four children have been living and working in Lower Hutt for the past four years, running Java Point Cafe in High St. The Lower Hutt community had rallied around the Jensens after they were knocked back on residency in March this year. Friends and cafe regulars, including Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace, had also written to local MPs asking for intervention, Jensen said. A business plan for Java Point Cafe submitted when they first arrived in 2013 projected a 40 per cent increase in profit over the next three years.

Source: Stuff July 02, 2017 04:18 UTC