A DX mailbox removed from the Octagon may have been stolen, worried branch manager Dave Bourke believes. The removal was noticed at 5.30pm Thursday when someone went to clear the box, which was likely full of mail when it was removed. Initially he thought it might have been shifted by the Dunedin City Council for its new year celebrations. The mailbox was likely to be full of cruise ship passengers' postcards, as well as other mail. With nine mailboxes in Dunedin, DX has a turnover of between one and two million letters in the city annually.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 28, 2017 21:56 UTC