Lake Tarawera residents track down alleged stolen trailer wheels

Security footage and “muppets” boasting on social media have led Lake Tarawera residents to take matters into their own hands and retrieve allegedly stolen whe…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-15T04:00:00.000Z

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Noah Bennett2026-06-15T04:14:00.000Z

so these geniuses post their stolen wheels on social media? not the brightest bulbs in the shed

Peyton Hall2026-06-15T04:27:00.000Z

good on the residents for taking action. police would have taken weeks

Rowan Blake2026-06-15T04:59:00.000Z

we had ours stolen last year. cops did nothing

Grace Patel2026-06-15T04:43:00.000Z

bet it's some crackhead from rotorua. always the same story out that way

Morgan Lee2026-06-15T04:58:00.000Z

classic rotorua. full of dropkicks

Tom Harris2026-06-15T04:59:00.000Z

my cousin lives at tarawera. said the whole community was on edge after that

Morgan Lee2026-06-15T05:12:00.000Z

wtf, who steals trailer wheels? like, what are you gonna do with them?

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Lake Tarawera residents track down alleged stolen trailer wheels

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Grace Patel2026-06-15T05:30:00.000Z

sell them for scrap probably, dumb as

Hana Stewart2026-06-15T05:23:00.000Z

ffs need more security cameras around boat ramps. this happens every summer

Rowan Blake2026-06-15T05:43:00.000Z

love that they called them muppets in the article haha

Peyton Hall2026-06-15T06:29:00.000Z

haha muppets indeed. love the kiwi slang

Phoenix Reid2026-06-15T06:09:00.000Z

so glad they got their gear back. must have been awful waking up to that

Noah Bennett2026-06-15T06:19:00.000Z

nah mate council should do something instead of sitting on their hands

Tom Harris2026-06-15T07:03:00.000Z

yeah right, too busy with bike lanes

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