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[57]National [58] Crime Auckland neighbour, trying to help, unwittingly assists in theft of tiny office Nathan Morton05:00, Nov 24 2021 * * * * * The standalone tiny office that was going to be moved to Whenuapai from Massey in the coming weeks. Kelly Maree/Supplied The standalone tiny office that was going to be moved to Whenuapai from Massey in the coming weeks. A neighbour trying to be helpful unwittingly assisted in a theft by helping the culprit load a stolen tiny office onto his truck. Auckland business owner Kelly Maree bought the standalone office to work out of at her plant nursery in Whenuapai. The office was located at a separate property in Massey and was due to be moved in the coming weeks. But about 2pm Friday, a “bearded truck driver” arrived to collect the office. A neighbour, thinking the man was legitimate, helped him reverse his truck down the driveway and load the office onto the back, Maree said. READ MORE: * [59]How you can tell if your tiny home is not a tiny home * [60]Moving Houses: Train geeks in their element as 1960s railway carriage trucked to Hastings It was only later he found out the driver was a complete stranger and wasn’t authorised to be there. A “bearded truck driver” loaded up the home office and drove away. Kelly Maree/Supplied A “bearded truck driver” loaded up the home office and drove away. The incident was “unbelievable”, Maree said. “It had to have been pre-meditated, the truck would need to have had a large platform on the back because of the size of the unit.” The office measured 4.2 by 2.3 metres. A deck and awning were removed days earlier to be transported separately. STUFF A tiny house business near Christchurch has closed its doors after the fourth burglary in four years. Maree said she’d been told the property the office was based at had been ransacked a few times prior. 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