Monday, 19 July 2021, 8:46 am
Volunteers at Te Puna Quarry Park are feeling a great
sense of relief and reassurance now a new security system
has been installed following a series of thefts.
The
volunteer-run park, which is open year-round and is free for
the public to visit, sees thousands of visitors come to
explore its many gardens with special planting areas,
outdoor art, walking tracks and bush area.
But a major
theft in 2018 left the park committee and volunteers shaken,
when $40,000 of equipment was stolen from their workshop
over one weekend. Trailers, a truck, chipper and tools were
taken, and while two tractors were left behind, the keys for