Tony Hughes was visiting New World Havelock North earlier this month when he noticed the fire exit was blocked by trollies filled with reduce to clear goods and some baskets of clearance goods on the floor.

He told Morning Report he asked the manager if they would clear the exit and they agreed and thanked him.

However, when Hughes next returned to the store about 10 days later he noticed the fire exit was once again blocked.

"It was really a rinse and repeat, where I took a photo, went up to checkouts and asked to speak to a manager and again showed them a photo and asked them to sort it," he said.

Last Sunday, he popped into the store to get some bread and milk. This time he didn't look at the fire exit but on his way out the store security guard stopped him and trespassed him, Hughes said.

"When I asked why he said it was because I had taken photos around the store and that I was trespassed," Hughes said.

"For privacy reasons we don't discuss individual customer matters but generally speaking, the decision to issue a trespass notice is made when there are genuine safety or security concerns," FoodStuffs said.

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[–] con_fig@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What is going on with the article's use of the word trespassed? Is there some other meaning I'm not aware of akin to barred/banned/ejected?

[–] liv@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Under NZ law you're not trespassing in a supermarket until you've been told about it.

To "trespass" someone is police-speak for to issue them with a trespass notice (verbally or in writing). In this article, "was trespassed" indicates he was the recipient of one.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think that's what it means. As in, on the way out, the security guard told him he's not allowed back in the store because he was taking photos.

Which part used this term in an odd way?

[–] con_fig@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I only know of trespassed to be the past tense of trespass. Trespass being to go somewhere you're not allowed.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The usage may differ elsewhere, but in NZ law, a trespass order is a formal step that carries severe penalties if you breach it, barring you from a particular premises.

[–] con_fig@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

Ahh, this may be it, very good!

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Talked about tresspass: https://www.police.govt.nz/use-105/trespass

If you do not want someone on a property you occupy, you can give them a trespass notice.

Trespassing is when someone (who is not the owner or occupier of the property):

enters your property (or a property you legally occupy - for example, as the tenant) after you have told them not to enter, or

refuses to leave after you have told them to leave

We seem to use the term "tresspass" both to mean someone is trasspassing, and also to mean giving someone a tresspass notice. If you tresspass someone from the premises, then you have given them a tresspass notice (verbal or written). It's probably a colloquial term.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 days ago

It's the past tense gerunt verb, or something like that, or maybe the other way around.

It's not used in common speech even more so because trespass is rarely talked about anyway.