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Replace Ben's lamps stolen from Light Nelson Fest

  • Update for 01/08/2014

      1 August 2014

    From Ben: A big THANK YOU to the very generous people who have donated money towards replacing my lights stolen from Old St. John's Church exterior I do like to be generous with my time and business - the lights stolen were sponsored by me as part of my involvement in NSOM Music Festival and Light Nelson, a free event, and having them literally ripped of the building is so sad to see in a place like Nelson. We have had even more lights stolen from the park, and this has meant the Talking Trees project that was meant to be up for longer has had to be de-rigged At about $5,000/year to insure my lighting kit, with huge excesses, it puts companies like mine in a difficult position and now I have to seriously look at what outside lighting I will offer to people in the future I hope the thieves realise how much long term damage they have done A tiny minority ruins it for everyone else. If any more people wish to donate towards me replacing my kit, then I would very gratefully accept I need at least a $1,000 more to do this Kind Regards Ben Clegg Director and Owner of RGB Event Lighting ""bringing the light back to the people""

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  • Update for 03/08/2014

      16 July 2014

    Thieves steal colourful church illuminations www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/10272863/Festivals-success-dimmed-by-theft ""It's such a downer. We are giving 40,000 people so much pleasure for free, then some selfish people are going around doing that. It leaves a really nasty taste in my mouth,"" Ben Clegg of RGB Event Lighting said. Along with the four LED light bricks stolen from Old St John's, a further light brick was stolen from the Queen's Garden. Light Nelson could not get insurance, as insurance companies, ironically, did not think it was a big enough event. Ben hopes that he can somehow get some kind of reimbursement for the cost of his lights, but says Light Nelson as a free event does not have a big budget and he did not want to encroach on that. He lit up the outside of Old St John's using lights from his stock out of his own generosity in the spirit of the festival. The school of music's manager and music festival director, Frances McElhinney, said the theft of the lights was very disappointing. ""It means we can't have it lit for the festival.""

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