Bra fence gets regular strip down

A bra fence on Cable Bay Rd in Nelson is getting someone's knickers in a twist.

Local resident Sharon Harvey said the bra fence near the Cable Bay rifle range first appeared about two years ago.

Mrs Harvey, who runs the range with her husband Bruce, said the fence had grown in popularity and people would stop to take pictures of it.

The fence, which was on her husband's family land, has even become an internet hit, making it onto the internet GPS game Geocache, an international game where participants use GPS and navigational skills to search for locations. The code name for the bra fence is "Storm in a D Cup".

At its peak it has up to 20 bras of different colours, shapes and cup-sizes, Mrs Harvey said.

She thought the fence was good fun. However, somebody has taken exception to the fence and every few months the bras are removed.

They had probably been taken down four times, she said.

"It's just a shame someone feels it has to be removed. I think it's quite cool. I don't think it's doing any harm."

The bras' disappearance also meant people were no longer able to take part in the Geocache game, she said. "I think anything that brings tourists out to a community has got to be positive."

She did not think the fence was a traffic hazard.

"There's a bus stop there and it's where the kids catch the bus. There's plenty of room."

She thought the bras went missing in the late afternoon and said whoever removed them was fastidious, removing every skerrick of bra material from the fence.

Mrs Harvey said she had a few theories about who had started the fence. She also had a few ideas about who was taking them.

She didn't think it was the neighbours as most Cable Bay residents she'd spoken to thought it was "a hoot".

"I just think it's fine. People walk around in bikinis all the time, so I don't see what's so offensive about a bra. Bras are so nice these days you can't tell whether it's a bra or a bikini."

City council transport manager Andrew James said the council staff were aware of the fence but the council was not responsible for taking it down.

"They've only taken the big cups," he joked.

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