This National Party billboard has now been removed. Photo / Twitter
A National Party billboard outside the Auckland City Mission has been taken down.
Earlier in the week, a photo of the billboard made the rounds on Twitter showing homeless people sleeping under it.
The billboard is on land owned by St Matthew-in-the-City.
Vicar Helen Jacobi told the Herald she was aware of the discussion about the placement of the billboard online, but this wasn't the reason why the billboard was taken down.
She says the church has a contract with a third-party billboard company that states certain types of billboards can't be put up on the site, including those with political references.
After she saw the billboard, she requested for it to be taken down because it breached the conditions of the church's agreement with the billboard company.
It was removed last night.
Police could be seen cordoning off a street in the area.