Along with making Kiwis physically sick and noticeably grumpier, the pandemic is proving a bonanza for our $3 billion-a-year security industry as businesses grapple with Covid-19 fallout. King’s Security owner Zack Simpson says his guards recently intervened when a middle-aged woman in a Christchurch supermarket flew off the handle and whacked another female customer who innocently got in her way. “It is literally the most unexpected people who are flipping out over the smallest things … and everyone is asking for security, not just supermarkets and construction [sites].” New Zealand has more …
