My daughter called me up a few days ago and told me she can't find her car. She said she parked at a residential area in Sunset Road. I calmly told her to report to the police station just down the road and they might be able to help her. And true enough, they were able to help her. It was them who "stole" the car. The poor girl had to spend the whole afternoon locating the towing car park and was slapped with a ticket for NZD120. This is for parking in an unmarked road side. Our guess is that it is not within 6 meters from the junction (not stated in the ticket). We are still finding out.
A few months ago, my wife was sent a ticket for NZD60 for stopping to pick up my daughter at Auckland Uni. A couple of weeks earlier was a RM120 speed ticket for going at 60km/hr at a 50km/hr zone. These tickets were sent by post and when we wrote back to appeal, a not-so-polite reply telling us to see them in court. Not sure how true is this, but i was told the fines collection is outsourced to a private third party whose interest is making money.
We are now moving around in fear of being robbed blind again.