The section where items were taken included an area of white stones to the left of her driveway. <\/p>\n
The stones had been carefully placed to create an arid-style landscape, which she had filled with ornaments for further decoration. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a labour of love. And in your old age, something to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
A retiree, Procter spends her days tending her garden and arranging it, having been at the property for about three years. She has emphysema and enjoys keeping active in the garden. <\/p>\n
The two Bali pots were in front of a shed at the bottom of her driveway when they were taken. <\/p>\n
They had been treasured items for about 20 years after they were imported from Bali, and Procter had taken them with her whenever she moved. <\/p>\n
Marilyn Procter has hidden her remaining garden ornaments until she can figure out a way to ensure they won’t get stolen. Photo \/ Brodie Stone<\/p>\n
The theft is the second at her property, after her car was broken into and damaged in 2024. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll they\u2019re doing is costing me labour and money,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
She was frustrated that people had come to her property with a sense of entitlement, and didn\u2019t like how the incidents had eroded her trust in people. <\/p>\n
Whang\u0101rei area prevention manager Senior Sergeant Dave Wilkinson said police received a report of the burglary on January 29. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe pots are described as the same shape as an urn, coloured grey, and due to their size would have required more than one person to move.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said there were no lines of inquiry at this stage. <\/p>\n
Police encouraged people to have CCTV installed on their properties as a deterrent and an investigation tool. <\/p>\n
Anyone with information should contact police on 105, referencing file number 260129\/3138.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you see suspicious activity occurring in your neighbourhood, please contact police on 111,\u201d Wilkinson said. <\/p>\n
Brodie Stone covers crime and emergency for the Northern Advocate. She has spent most of her life in Whang\u0101rei and is passionate about delving into issues that matter to Northlanders and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The section where items were taken included an area of white stones to the left of her driveway.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,31272,172035,40570,6097,71,8589,172034,78,4188,111,43,139,69,61811,63605,19525,107230,814,13011,544,4736,14168,9091,3608,1869],"class_list":["post-317575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-bali","tag-concreting","tag-considering","tag-down","tag-from","tag-garden","tag-greenthumbed","tag-in","tag-living","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-ornament","tag-ornaments","tag-pensioner","tag-pots","tag-property","tag-retirees","tag-some","tag-stolen","tag-theft","tag-treasured","tag-were","tag-whangrei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}