“Not only was the offender spray painting his ‘tag’ everywhere, he was also taking videos of his offending and posting them to social media and benefitting from the notoriety,” McDaniel said.
“The offending leaves a lasting piece of graffiti on the public structures, and in some instances the offender has spray-painted the same spot after councils have cleaned up their prior graffiti.
“Graffiti or tagging is considered as intentionally damaging property, and we’ll hold offenders to account,” he said.
The 23-year-old man is to appear in the Christchurch District Court tomorrow on charges of entering agricultural land with intent and wilful damage for graffiti.
Any illegal graffiti being painted can be reported to police using 111 in an emergency, or 105 if it’s after the fact.