Vandals cut penis from library tiki

A tiki has lost his ure (penis) from the carved pou outside the new Whangarei Central Library.

Three masked people severed the penis from the Maori deity at 2.30am on Sunday, an act caught on a library security camera.

Carver Kerry Strongman was moved to tears when he saw the damage and said: "This really degrades the mana and prestige of the whole community."