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Graffiti Tidy Up
Officials want our train corridor looking nice for the Rugby World Cup tourists - and as any Western Line commuter knows, there’s always a lot of graffiti. So...
Puhinui Looks So Fresh
Here’s a way a local company has beaten graffiti at an Auckland train station and enhanced the look at the same time. The firm Glassmasters provide both a...
Rail Murals To Turn Grey?
Recent strange inner-city goings-on suggest some council officials want to paint the town grey in time for the RWC 2011 which has triggered rumours the colourful...
Taggers Hit New Cabinets
Auckland transport and RWC 2011 authorities recognise that the Auckland rail corridor is a sea of ugly tags -and will not be a pretty sight on the Western Line for...
Graffiti To Be Tackled
Former cop commander and now Auckland Councillor, North Shore’s George Wood talked tough today about combating graffiti. The council’s Community Safety Forum...
Otahuhu Bus Station Cleanup
Otahuhu train station is some way of improvement but Auckland Transport is tackling the worrying Otahuhu bus station. Auckland Transport, NZ Bus (who operate the...
Graffiti Crackdown Welcomed
Good to hear whispers that the new Mayor is going to announce soon a crackdown on tagging, graffiti and do something about the appalling neglected building in Albert...
Stopping Onehunga Tagging
The graffiti busters were at the new Onehunga station this afternoon to try to prevent further tagging of the shiny new platforms at Onehunga Mall. Already sections...
Council Takes On Prolific Tagger
Auckland City Council has filed a civil action in Auckland District Court against a certain prolific graffiti vandal aged 21 and wants him to cough up $33,000 in...
Auckland-Themed Murals To Grace Grafton Station - Photos
Auckland-themed murals will grace the shiny new Park Rd Grafton train station, as commuters wait on the platform looking up at the walls. The murals, being erected...
Even Graffiti Wiped For Shiny New Grafton Station-Photos
‘ “Train art” got wiped out this afternoon around the Boston Rd end of the new Grafton train station, as final touch up work continued in preparation...
Tag This Stupid
Those of us who have been protesting against the never-ending graffiti vandalism all along Auckland’s rail corridor, including rail stations presently under...
Manukau Council Slashes Graffiti By 70%
Manukau City is claiming success in dealing with the menace of graffiti –which is a major talking point here, with our frustration at the constant defacing of...
Local Train Graffiti Artists Show Off - Video
Kiwi graffiti artists are releasing a 75-minute DVD of their work on NZ trains. From the preview (below), it seems mostly Wellington trains are involved but their...
They’re Winning
Pulling into the wonderful new Newmarket platforms and what”s the first thing we see out of the window? Graffiti. There it is facing train commuters as they...
Before the paint dries, the Auckland curse hits
Morningside’s new station got one of its remaining necessary bits this afternoon - some wooden seating but with the paint still drying at the smart...
At close range, how pretty is the SuperCity?
This week’s Auckland City Council newsletter City Scene makes much about how the council “is continuing to strengthen its zero-tolerance approach to...
Proof Bob is right: How much Auckland’s gone to the dogs
Waitakere’s Bob Harvey once again isn’t afraid to tell it as it is however much it hurts. He says: “On one of the world’s greatest landscapes,...
