German tourist Nicolas Lichtbringer is the latest victim of thieves after the disappearance of his kitted-out van from Marine Parade in Napier.
On a 12-month working holiday, the 29-year-old from Kempten, near Munich, had parked his white 2001 Mazda Bongo (Reg No EFE598) against the former median strip in the parking lane outside the Art House Backpackers Hostel on Saturday.
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Thieves smashed a window to gain entry overnight, leaving him without the van in which he has travelled much of the country over recent months and which he has also needed to get to work with a scaffolding firm in Hastings.
![Kitted out and ready to go...but gone. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/E2FHXZX3MXFWCHP7QQS7ORUJ6U.jpg?auth=cf6c30319772fc146b61ead707a72ee5646abe89df746571c522d9a5ced41fc3&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)