The Rotorua District Council is encouraging locals to join forces to remove unsightly tagging during Keep New Zealand Beautiful Graffiti-Free Week.
The inaugural nationwide event to remove graffiti from local neighbourhoods is taking place between November 4 and 11. Keep Rotorua Beautiful co-ordinator Rose Hiha-Agnew is co-ordinating a working bee at Manuka Crescent Reserve on Thursday, November 7 from 10am to 12pm to paint a large wall which was targeted by vandals.
The Manuka Crescent Reserve clean-up is the first of a series of graffiti-free wall initiatives and provides a great opportunity for Rotorua residents to be part of a rewarding community enhancement event. "I'll be there with our graffiti removal expert and I encourage local people to come along and help us, or organise their own events and publicise it on the Keep New Zealand Beautiful website for others to get involved in.
"We've combined resources with Rotary, Resene, conservation volunteers and Keep New Zealand Beautiful so we're ready to meet Graffiti-Free Week head-on," she said.
Mrs Hiha-Agnew said Resene would supply paint for graffiti cover-up projects during Graffiti-Free Week.
