Security guard stabbed in the neck at Auckland shopping mall

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A security guard has been stabbed in the neck at a popular Auckland shopping mall this afternoon. Police say security guards at Newmarket's Westfield mall approached a man in relation to an earlier incident, the man then produced a knife. It comes after a survey revealed one in three retail workers feel unsafe heading into the peak Christmas shopping season. Reporter Felix Walton spoke to Lisa Owen.