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Tuesday 26 May 2015
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Car thefts may not be related
A string of car thefts in the region may not be linked, say police. In the last week there have been several car thefts in Wakefield, Richmond and Stoke. That is on top of another three earlier in May, two of which were found burning at the Appleby River. Police say a high proportion of car thefts in Nelson are for joy riding, and while they’re still investigating many of the recent cases they couldn’t say if there was a pattern or not. On Saturday night, a Subaru Legacy was stolen from Nayland Rd. It belonged to Amanda Christie’s husband, who is fisherman and currently at sea near the Auckland Islands. “I emailed him and I got an email back full of swear words,” she says. “He feels useless because he’s down there, but I feel
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useless and I’m here.” She says the car was stolen from outside their house sometime after 10.30pm and it was locked. “Because he’s at sea, it was empty and all locked up. It’s not our main family car so that’s the only good thing. I’d be a lot more upset if it was our family car.” Because there have been a lot of thefts lately, Amanda has little hope of getting the car back. Last Tuesday night, Brittany Jacobsen says her partner’s car was stolen from their Wakefield home, taken for a joy ride and found smashed up on Princes Dr. Bizarrely, anything of value was either left on the side of the road near Brittany’s
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Expressions Designer Florist owner Rosie Burghart, with her dog Taco that spends every day at work with his owner. Next Friday is national ‘bring your pet to work day’. Photo: Andrew Board.
Pets at work encouraged A national “Pets at Work” day is being promoted and one Nelson business says workers should give it a go. Rosie Burghart owns Expressions Flower Design on Hardy St and her four year-old dog Taco is a mainstay, coming to work every day. Rosie says Taco has been coming to work with her since he was six months old and he spends the day “chilling out” and taking in the at-
tention. She says she’s never had a negative comment about Taco being in the store. “In Nelson, we’re pretty lucky because most people love dogs. We’re definitely a dog-loving city. People get quite excited and some people come in just so they can say hello to him.” She says she often works alone so it’s nice to have the company.
Pets at Work day is being promoted for Friday, June 5, by pet-food company Purina. Jennifer Chappell, head of Marketing at Purina, says pets and the workplace are a good combination. “Whether it’s a ‘mental health’ break to play games with them or bringing them to a new business meeting to break the ice, there are a heap of benefits to having some wagging tails around.”
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