Fake Wellington City Council signs promoting crocodiles in the Botanic Gardens and free scuba diving lessons at Te Aro Park are being removed in the capital.
Over the last week, the signs have appeared which the council believed were the work of a local artist called Cameron Hunt.
The first sign was noticed in Wellington’s Botanic Gardens Pond, warning people not to “feed the crocodiles”. The phone number on the sign was for the Platypus shoe store on Manners Street.
A second sign popped up in the water feature at Te Aro Park — offering free scuba diving lessons at 11am every Saturday. The phone number on that sign was for Tony’s Tyre Service on Cambridge Terrace.
Each sign also had “Absolutely Positively Ridiculous” logos, similar to Wellington City Council’s “Absolutely Positively Wellington” branding.
A spokesperson for the council told 1News: “While they’re a bit of fun, we’re removing them to avoid possible confusion and disappointment.”
