Substantial Reward for information about stolen equipment:

Police finally did something positive and served my tradesman ex-business partner with a tresspass notice after he admitted committing a third burglary within two months.

Some of the stolen equipment belongs to the bar while other items belong to myself, bands, private companies and patrons.

Here is the list of equipment that I am keen to recover:

1 x Computer Music System (PC containing 5,000+ music videos)
1 x Western Digital MyBook 500GB (Portable USB hard drive)
1 x Portable MP3 and video player (Waiting for patron to give me brand)

4 x Shure SM58 (microphones)
4 x Shure SM57 (microphones)
1 x Shure Beta57 (microphone)

1 x Casio cash register

1 x Budget Waste (Manawatu) green wheelie bin

1 x Blue (synthetic leather) jacket

4 x DB Opera 405 (15" + horn self-powered speakers)

2 x E&W 2000 (1000 watt x 2 channel professional power amplifiers)
3 x E&W 3600 (1800 watt x 2 channel professional power amplifiers)

2 x dbx Driverack PA (Digital speaker management system components)
3 x dbx 266 (Dual compressor)
1 x dbx dual 15 band (Graphic equalizer)
1 x dbx dual 31 band (Graphic equalizer)

2 x JBL SRX 4733 (2 x 15" + horn main PA speakers)
2 x JBL 2241 (18" subwoofer speakers)
2 x JBL 2242 (18" subwoofer speakers)
2 x Nexo (15" + horn plastic moulded speakers)

- $900 cash
- Cases of Tui, Corona & Steinlager Pure
- Chambord - Royal French berry liqueur
- Assorted audio leads and power cables

  • He is a drug dealer
  • He has threatened my life
  • He employs thugs to intimidate people
  • He is a professional thief and steals to order

We know that the tradesman is based in Tauranga working for a Mount Maunganui engineering firm and has access to a white Tranzit van (Registration starting UA).

Please contact Tane McLeay on 027 376 0608 if you have relevant information or contact Detective Sergeant Gary Milligan of Palmerston North Police.

wow that is a sad story
keep safe!
as for thieves of workman's tools well a sledgehammer should be part of the sentencing I reckon.Perhaps if they did a days work themselves they might think twice before flogging some poor bastards gear.

and also did you see the protesters at the prison today? Give me a break, the guy is in there for making P, what do you expect, how many lives has that shit ruined?

Really................ I will have a squizz!

Wow thats a lot of shit taken!!!

Kia kaha bro.