French backpackers Floriane Lesourd and Anna-Ael Mordelet. Photo / Steven McNicholl
Two French tourists who had their van stolen outside an Auckland supermarket have been overwhelmed by the generosity of Kiwis wanting to help.
The Herald has been inundated with phonecalls and emails from people from all over the country offering money, accommodation, flights and vehicles to the two women.
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Mordelet, 29, and Floriane Lesourd, 28, from Rennes, in Brittany, who are in New Zealand on working holiday visas, had their Ford Econovan stolen from Scotland St, near the New World supermarket in Freemans Bay, just after 4pm on Saturday, January 28.
Apart from the van, which they owned, Ms Mordelet and Ms Lesourd also lost $1500 in cash each, their clothes, passports, sleeping bags and cameras. They had hidden the money - earnings from working as waitresses - in the van while they popped into the supermarket for supplies. The women, who are staying at a backpackers hostel, now have to go to Wellington to get new passports.
Offers of help have poured in since the Herald ran a story about the women's plight yesterday. All emails and details have been forwarded to the women.
