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Wednesday 23 August 2023
$900k awarded to Tākaka woman TRACY NEAL
Open Justice Reporter
A woman robbed of her life savings by her former bookkeeper, who was sent to prison for theft, has now won the civil fraud case that followed. Convicted thief Iris Huebler has been ordered to pay former Gold-
en Bay café owner Alexandra Purucker $868,954 and a further $50,000 for exemplary damages after the fraud was proved. Huebler’s husband, Rainer Wolfgang Huebler, was also found liable for $155,127 of that money. Interest was also awarded and would apply until the judgment debt was paid in full, and costs
are likely to follow. The decision marks a significant turning point in a five-year battle Purucker has waged to seek justice not only for the crime committed against her but for the hurdles put up to prevent her from trying to get the money back. Purucker told NZME after the
decision was released on Friday that while she had been quietly hopeful, she was “utterly grateful”. She was, however, remaining cautious as the decision was subject to the statutory appeal period. The Hueblers’ attempts to show they were no longer married by dividing their assets when
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Iris Huebler sensed the walls were closing in were seen by the High Court as an attempt to future-proof themselves and their joint assets. In October last year, Huebler was sentenced in the Nelson District Court to four years in prison for
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Natalie Kere and her daughter Milan with her commissioned work at Te Noninga Kumu Motueka Library. Photo: Supplied.
FIONA NELSON Natalie Kere, a world-acclaimed local artist, has been busy creating her latest works. Her new collection are drawings of woman based around narcissistic abuse and will be exhibited in Christchurch in September. She describes her work as contemporary with cultural aspects. “It’s quite unusual, I hunt around the South Island for different stones, especially pounamu. With a diamond blade saw I can open the stone and replicate the look of it with resin.” She also creates contemporary jewellery pieces – necklaces and earrings - from carving the stones she has found. The greatest influence for Natalie has been her art teacher, Mike Howell, when she was at Motueka
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