Fears over the wider social implications - of a brazen daylight robbery at an Auckland dairy

An owner and a customer were injured in a hammer attack at Jyoti's Dairy in Mount Roskill.yesterday afternoon.

Both are now recovering at home, and police are appealing for any more witnesses.

But Puketapapa Local Board Chair, Ella Kumar says it won't be an easy fix emotionally and mentally.

She says the trauma from the attack will affect the owners' livelihoods, and the wider community will be feeling overwhelmed and scared.