An 80-year-old Rotorua woman is still in shock after the theft of money and raffle tickets she was selling for the Cancer Society.
Vera Stewart had set up a stall at the Soundshell Markets where she and her son were fundraising for the society just over a week ago. She said they were raffling four hampers and were selling tickets at $2 each.
"I think we just dropped our guard for a few brief minutes. We had a bucket with the raffle book and money inside and were busy packing things up. It wasn't until when we went to set up again last Sunday that I realised it had been taken."
Mrs Stewart said about $60 in cash was stolen along with the ticket book.
"I was absolutely shattered, I burst into tears, it's not a nice feeling. My legs are still shaking from it," she said.