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Kōrero: Dishonesty crime

Key in the ignition

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Key in the ignition

In 1975 the Evening Posttook a series of photographs of lax car security, with handbags and other valuables left in plain view, to highlight the temptations these offered to opportunistic thieves. This 1974 Holden Statesman with the window open, door unlocked and keys left in the ignition was considered 'the cream of the batch'.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1975/0044

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Dishonesty crime – What is dishonesty crime?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31174/key-in-the-ignition (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 6 April 2011, reviewed and revised 2 November 2018 me te āwhina o Greg Newbold.