Fifth Avenue must be one of the longest established retail businesses in Takapuna: it celebrated 70 years in business in November with a function for customers and supporters. Owner Adrian Turner, who caught the “bug” for diamonds and fine jewellery as a 10-year-old working in a tiny English village helping the local jeweller by tidying his workshop and sweeping the floors, cut a cake as elegantly crafted as any of his jewellery pieces. Highlights of the evening were a platinum ring given to one lucky guest – and a surprise on-the-spot proposal during the evening.