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A family heirloom has been reunited with its rightful owner. In early May, two rings were handed in at the Ōrewa Police Station after Red Cross charity shop staff found them in the back of a donated clock.
Waitematā North area prevention manager Senior Sergeant Roger Small said the wedding and engagement rings were inside what appeared to be the original ring box. “We posted on Facebook and other community pages in the hope of locating the owner, but without luck. We then sent them off to Gem Lab where the ring box was from, who found an identifying number as they had appraised them in 1996. Gem Lab provided us with the name of the owner and from there we did a bit of digging.”
Police managed to find the owner’s son, but there were no up-to-date contact details. “After making a number of inquiries we ended up contacting the Royal New Zealand Navy as the owner’s son used to be a medic. They were able to provide his contact details.”
Small said the owner had died last November, and her children had been searching high and low for the rings. “The family were so pleased with the news the rings had been found and they have since been bequeathed to the owner’s daughter,” he said, “It’s a great feeling for our team, knowing we have helped reunite this precious item back with family.”
