Marine Parade residents are puzzled by the illegal painting of yellow, no-parking lines on a stretch of Tauranga's blue chip road.
The lines painted using a stencil appeared between December 14 and 21, according to local resident, Brian Laird.
"I can't fathom why they were put there," he said.
Mr Laird dismissed the idea that residents were to blame because there were no parking issues associated with this small stretch of roadside. Another neighbour who asked not to be named likewise could not imagine why the lines had appeared.
"The lines are of no benefit to anyone. No one is advantaged. I am bemused as to why anyone would have done it," he said.