Nightcaps resident Wendy Baker’s Anzac painting (shown here on her phone) has been torn from her property’s gate twice this month. A painting crafted to honour "war heroes" has been ripped from its owner’s gate twice in the past month — an act she has likened to vandalising a veteran’s grave. Nightcaps resident Wendy Baker made her painting, about 0.5m by 1m, in remembrance of those who served in past wars, including family members. "That’s why it was quite upsetting that it was ripped off my gate and thrown into my property — twice." Both sets of her grandparents had served in World Wars 1 and 2, and her father had served in World War 2.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 24, 2021 16:30 UTC