Photo / SuppliedElection billboards boasting political candidates have long been vandalised, whether it be a bit of graffiti, the odd moustache or juvenile drawing. Social Credit party leader and Whangārei candidate Chris Leitch has hit out at the "mindless vandalism" on billboards around the city in recent weeks. Labour's Whangārei candidate Emily Henderson said dozens of her hoardings have been defaced. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Labour's Whangārei candidate Emily Henderson were targeted in this billboard attack. "However, police are aware of the wider issue of billboards being vandalised or defaced in the wider Northland area.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 12, 2020 17:08 UTC