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Tauranga man charged with damaging 30 political hoardings

A Tauranga man has been charged after an alleged vandalism spree targeting political hoardings, with Police warning potential copycats to think again.

The first hoardings were targeted on Parton Road in Papamoa about 6.30am on 10 September.

All up, about 30 hoardings of various kinds were damaged in a two-hour period across Papamoa, says Senior Sergeant Shannon Clifford, Area Manager – Response.

“The damage in some cases is significant and unfortunately, that’s an unnecessary cost for the people who own them.

“We won’t tolerate this illegal and destructive behaviour in our community.”

Senior Sergeant Clifford says information from the public had helped Police.

“I’d like to thank those people who reported the damage as it was happening, their quick actions have helped us arrest a suspect that same day.



“It’s a warning to anyone wanting to damage or deface hoardings – actions have consequences.”

A 43-year-old Tauranga man faces four charges of wilful damage. He appeared in the Tauranga District Court on 11 September and was remanded on bail to reappear on 2 October.

Police would like to hear from anyone who has information about these incidents, including any dashcam or CCTV footage.

If you can help, please call 105 and quote file number 260910/0619.

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  1. Good on ya mate. I hope this catches on. We should all be protecting our public spaces from this blatant indoctrination and propaganda messaging from the puppets (and wantabe puppets) of the New Zealand Company Church Parliament. The real crime is allowing these political broadcasting propaganda hoardings to be erected in the first place.

  2. In other words the establishment government puppet-masters of their coward puppets the lying sh*t-head pig-brigade have given the slippery pedophile pig head-office weasels the instructions to stamp full censorship and power-tripping lying pig arrest mandates on anyone with a spray-can painting “slimeball corrupt fraudulent sack of greasy sh*t” on criminal scumbag sh*tkins and fraudulent greasy-skulled reptile luxons snake bullsh*t election-scam posters..

  3. Honestly those hoardings are a distraction to drivers and an environmental pollutant with their same same messaging in various shades of puke. A total waste of manpower these roadside rubbish detritus erectors could have been more gainfully employed building shelters for those poor homeless people who are getting moved on to nowhere because that’s all the political ‘class’ can think of doing with them.

    • You know if they have been de-banked they are on the side of the poeple and not the globalist! Vote NZ Loyal; check them out kiwis.

  4. Yes, I wondered why some people have so much detest for a particular party that they will deface political hoardings.
    In my part of Auckland, that seems to be targeted at two particular parties.
    In this world of surveilance, cameras, trail and door cams, phone tracking, perpertrators are easily identified, and caught.
    Big Brother is still watching you.

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