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Enemies of beautification

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Enemies of beautification

Efforts to beautify urban environments are sometimes thwarted by less appreciative members of the community. Acts of vandalism are nothing new, as this column in the Evening Postof 24 January 1913 demonstrates.

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Reference: Evening Post, 24 January 1913, p. 6

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Kerryn Pollock, City parks and green spaces – Community guardianship, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20581/enemies-of-beautification (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 26 February 2010.