For Dale and Ivan Marriner, buying the Racecourse Motel in the Hauraki town of Paeroa was a dream, and something to keep them occupied when they reached retirement age.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360975211/dream-destroyed-how-fake-18000-booking-ruined-motel-owners-retirement