An oyster grower has been left devastated following the theft of dozens of his distinctive, high-end oysters – valued at around $60,000.
The gourmet Pacific oysters were nurtured in floating pods and grown in moulds, giving them a distinctively smooth shell branded with a “Q”.
Qyster founder Shaun Gregory told 1News he discovered a “whole line of bags of oysters were taken” in Kerikeri between 8pm and 10pm last night. He said the line taken was about 100m long.
“It would have been a team of them, as it was 2000 dozen of oysters.”
Gregory said “half a dozen people would be needed to open them before they go off”.
“I dare say a lot of them are likely to go to waste.”
Gregory said he would be reporting the theft to police.
