West Harbour resident Jarrod Hodson, who is also the local community board chairman, paints out anti-Trump and anti-Semitic graffiti alongside State Highway88 in Ravensbourne yesterday afternoon. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONA West Harbour resident who was quick to remove "hurtful" graffiti says such messages have no place in his community and he has a big bucket of paint to back that up. Mr Hodson said he believed it appeared early yesterday morning, following US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian retaliation. Mr Hodson, who is also chairman of the West Harbour Community Board, said he was contacted by residents upset by the graffiti, which appeared facing State Highway88, near Wanaka St."It’s absolutely disgusting and I was quite upset myself. He had not seen such messages around the West Harbour area before, but they were common on social media.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 01, 2026 18:42 UTC