Neon artwork 'We belong here' prior to getting damaged. Photo: Mountain SceneA former Queenstowner is upset a courier company’s only offered him $6000 after damaging a $50,000 artwork. Last November, Ben De Haan commissioned Pack & Send Queenstown to collect, pack and send a neon artwork to England, where he and his family were returning after 11 years in New Zealand. Pack & Send picked up his artwork, but about two days later advised it had been slightly damaged – “they’d broken off a corner which means intrinsically it’s completely ruined”. De Haan was offered only $6000, which he refused – “they stated that is the maximum I’m entitled to by law”.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 13, 2019 20:15 UTC