Hundreds of phones, wallets, passports and mismatched shoes are among piles of lost property collected after Wellington's annual sevens tournament.
Westpac Stadium officials turned their boardroom into "lost property central" in the tournament's aftermath as they launched the mammoth task of trying to return the items to rightful owners.
A handful of staff will spend hours receiving queries and matching them to the piled-up and categorised items, which even include six passports.
Staff arrived yesterday morning to a full answerphone of messages and more than 40 emails.
Finance assistant and temporary lost property sorter Pauline Lyon said spectators would be surprised to hear how much work and sorting through "horrible", smelly wet bags went into reuniting them with lost property.
Drunk people sometimes reported their lost property and often left incorrect contact details,You can find best china electronicplasticmould manufacturers from here! or they slowly caught on to the fact they had lost something days later, she said.
Often staff were supplied with extra details like a camera being "the one with Mickey Mouse photos on it".
Missing pieces of expensive hired costumes were highly sought after, like a leopard skin cap lost by a Flintstones cartoon Bam Bam impersonator, but not found in the stadium, Mrs Lyon said.
There were fewer discarded sunglasses this year – thought to be due to a lack of sun on Saturday.
Helen Majorhazi, responsible for "marrying up" phones with their owners, is fighting a battle of battery depletion.
There were many ringing all day on Saturday and staff used the opportunity to get the owners' details.
But for those with a lock on their phone or no personal details listed, staff could do nothing until contacted.
After about a week, unclaimed items of any value would be given to police. Everything else will go to charity after a couple of months.
Westpac Stadium marketing manager Steven Thompson said this year's haul was actually smaller than in previous years, which was probably linked to less drunkenness.
"To be honest it was a lot lighter. In terms of behaviour, it was a quieter sevens, which is good."
The Costume Company manager Gemma Freeman said a lot of costumes had been returned muddy and wet, and missing accessories.
Westpac Stadium officials turned their boardroom into "lost property central" in the tournament's aftermath as they launched the mammoth task of trying to return the items to rightful owners.
A handful of staff will spend hours receiving queries and matching them to the piled-up and categorised items, which even include six passports.
Staff arrived yesterday morning to a full answerphone of messages and more than 40 emails.
Finance assistant and temporary lost property sorter Pauline Lyon said spectators would be surprised to hear how much work and sorting through "horrible", smelly wet bags went into reuniting them with lost property.
Drunk people sometimes reported their lost property and often left incorrect contact details,You can find best china electronicplasticmould manufacturers from here! or they slowly caught on to the fact they had lost something days later, she said.
Often staff were supplied with extra details like a camera being "the one with Mickey Mouse photos on it".
Missing pieces of expensive hired costumes were highly sought after, like a leopard skin cap lost by a Flintstones cartoon Bam Bam impersonator, but not found in the stadium, Mrs Lyon said.
There were fewer discarded sunglasses this year – thought to be due to a lack of sun on Saturday.
Helen Majorhazi, responsible for "marrying up" phones with their owners, is fighting a battle of battery depletion.
There were many ringing all day on Saturday and staff used the opportunity to get the owners' details.
But for those with a lock on their phone or no personal details listed, staff could do nothing until contacted.
After about a week, unclaimed items of any value would be given to police. Everything else will go to charity after a couple of months.
Westpac Stadium marketing manager Steven Thompson said this year's haul was actually smaller than in previous years, which was probably linked to less drunkenness.
"To be honest it was a lot lighter. In terms of behaviour, it was a quieter sevens, which is good."
The Costume Company manager Gemma Freeman said a lot of costumes had been returned muddy and wet, and missing accessories.
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