NEWMARKET TRAMPOLINE FOUND IN REMUERA FRONT GARDEN, RESIDENTS DEMAND IT LEAVE
The wind giveth. Remuera would like it to taketh away again, ideally before the body corporate meeting.
A 12-foot trampoline belonging to a Newmarket family was carried several streets north by Tuesday's gusts and deposited, mostly upright, on the manicured front lawn of a Remuera villa whose owners have described the arrival as "frankly, an imposition".
The trampoline, last seen netted and pegged behind a townhouse off Broadway, made the journey sometime between the 6am weather warning and Suzanne Cartwright-Hollis stepping outside in her dressing gown to retrieve the Herald.
"I thought it was an art installation at first," Suzanne told The Daily Yarn, still holding the paper. "Then I saw the safety netting. We don't have safety netting in Remuera. We have hedges."
The Newmarket owner, Pip Tuilagi, said she'd spotted the trampoline on a neighbourhood Facebook page within the hour, captioned "does this belong to anyone, urgently". "I rang straight away. The woman who answered asked if I could collect it before her gardener arrived at ten. Bloody cheek, honestly!"
Auckland Council, asked whether wind-displaced play equipment crossed a jurisdictional line at Market Road, said the matter was "between the residents" and declined to send anyone. A spokesperson added that trampolines were "not currently a council asset class".
As of Wednesday morning the trampoline remains on the Remuera lawn. Pip's husband is borrowing a ute from a mate at Kokako (shout out to Jules behind the bar — legend!) and hopes to retrieve it before the next southerly redistributes it again.
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Reader Letters
Garry (Halswell)
Back in my day, we'd have just left it there and called it a garden feature. Too many complaints these days. Just goes to show how soft we've become.
Sandra McKenzie
Technically it wasn't a 12-foot trampoline, but a 3.65 meter one. Metric system, people! Let's keep it correct.
Trev_Hornby
Honestly, Suzanne should just enjoy the free entertainment. Nothing like bouncing around to start your day.
MumOf3_Albany
These things always seem to happen when you've got three kids late for school and the car needs a jump. Could have used that trampoline in my yard instead of explaining to the headmaster why we're late again!
BarryBishopdale
Council won't do shit about a trampoline. They won't even fill potholes on Symonds Street. Get used to it.
couchgremlin
Welcome to the trampoline games, may the wind be ever in your favour!