Film man's disbelief at car theft

An Auckland documentary film-maker who went for an early morning run was stunned when he returned to his car in Wanganui's Taupo Quay to find it had been stolen.
Valuable filming equipment, his wallet, motel key, documents and money had been in the vehicle.
John McRae said horrified wasn't the word for it.
"I was gutted, in total shock ... I was only away about 40 minutes."
Mr McRae has spent the past four years making a documentary of the life of Wanganui man Robert Martin, the great campaigner and leader for people with disabilities.
It was a documentary he'd always wanted to do since first meeting Robert after he'd returned from the United Nations more than five years ago after chairing an international sub committee on a fair go for disabled people.
The documentary would cover Robert's life, right from his early years spent in institutions, including Kimberley and Lake Alice, until he was 15, and where Robert experienced first hand the appalling treatment so many of his fellows had to endure.
It had inspired him to become a leader in a movement to help overcome discrimination against intellectually disabled people.
Robert Martin was at the helm, railing against the institutions and was there at the front when they finally closed them down.
Mr McRae said this year would see an end in filming the documentary and he would be editing in the new year.
This week some of Robert's friends from the Sommerville Centre in Wanganui had re-enacted scenes from Robert's life.
On Tuesday they had re-enacted the strike against having to travel in marked IHC vans.
Robert had headed that strike where dozens of intellectually handicapped people had marched carrying placards and banners.
In his 2008 speech in Parliament on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Robert had said it was time to change the negative mindset about disability and embrace the Kiwi belief of a fair go for all.
Yesterday's theft of Mr McRae's light blue Nissan Tiida vehicle, registration number DGH131, has now disrupted the final hours of filming, he said.
Unfortunately he has to be back in Auckland today, and when he tried to hire a rental car yesterday he was turned down because he couldn't produce his driver's licence.
"Well, of course I couldn't. It's in my car in my wallet along with everything else."