30 Jan 2026

Are trading card thefts being taken seriously enough?

From Nights, 8:09 pm on 30 January 2026

Trading cards might sound like child games - but some are worth more than a house. One Pokémon card sold for nearly nine million dollars. And where there's money, there's crime. Just over a week ago, a shopkeeper was stabbed during a trading card theft in Newmarket. So what makes a bit of cardboard so valuable? Long-time collector and co-founder of The Pokémon Clan, Peter Johnson speaks to Susana Lei'ataua.