Four-year-old Sebastian Preuss, whose feijoa honesty box was nabbed by thieves, has two reasons to smile again.
Sebastian was using the McVay St, Napier, enterprise to save to buy a remote control car before the thieves took the cash, along with his treasure box which was gifted to him by his grandmother.
Sebastian was devastated and his mother Stefanie was livid after the incident, but the kindness of Hawke's Bay strangers since has restored their faith in humanity.
"One lady came in and bought some feijoas and donated extra dollars towards his funds for getting a remote car," Stefanie said.
"Then beginning of this week a gentleman stopped by gifting Sebastian an old remote car he still had in his garage.