b'doing itbeing paintwiseGroupssuchastheManukau Beautication Trust keep their costs down by benetting from Resenes paintrecyclingscheme,andyour unwanted paint. TheResenePaintWiseprogramme allows you to simply bring unwanted paint and paint containers into your local Resene ColorShop (these should not be thrown out with your normal rubbish). Resene offers good quality paint to community groups for reuse, recyclespackagingmaterials,sends solventbornepaintstosolvent recoveryandndsalternativeuses for waterborne paints (such as grafti abatement). SelectedReseneColorShopshave beendesignatedasResene PaintWise Collection Centres. Drop off your unwanted paint and paint containerstoanyofthese designatedReseneColorShopsat anytimeduringtheiropening hours. Youcanreturnanybrandof decorative paint but a small charge appliestonon-Resenebranded product and trade returns to help offsetthecostsofthePaintWise programme. See www.resene.co.nz/paintwisefor more informationa local reserve or walkway to paint out theknown for a long time just how successful grafti. We talk about taking ownership oftheprogrammeshavebeen.Ahandful their community and taking pride in whatof taggers keep on at it and unfortunately Barbara Carney of the Manukautheyve done. I try to encourage discussionsome children look up to them. But I can Beautication Trust with the type ofbyaskingwhatdoesthemuralartistsee a difference, so I think were having an community mural used to deterhave that the grafti artist doesnt?itsimpact.ButwiththetechnologyandTV grafti.permission. promoting tagging, I dont think it will ever In first six months of this year disappear.Number of tags removed17,811The typical tagger, she explains, repeats their Square metres painted 37,998 scrawl as many times as possible to gainThetrustalsorunsthehugelypopular recognition and status from other taggers.Manukau in Bloom Garden Awards each year top tips Ifgraftiisremovedquickly,taggersarein which hundreds of homeowners receive deniedtheirglory.Graftivandalismisavouchers from Resene and Mitre 10 as prizes, community problem that encourages morepromptingthemtofurtherinvestintheir Formoreideasondealingwithandvandalismandothertypesofcrime,sheproperty to make Manukau beautiful. deterringgrafti,youcanvisitsays. We need to send clear messages to www.graftifree.co.nz. wordsVicki HolderthoseinvolvedintaggingthatwewontpicturesMark HeaslipIf you are constantly being tagged, youtolerate it.can get Resene Uracryl, an anti-graftiResenenish,appliedtothegraftiproneOnly time will tell if the education measuresBlissareas. Once cured you will be able towillmakeadifferenceinManukau,saysResenequickly wash away any grafti usingHowzatReseneGraftiCleanerwithoutBarbara.StatisticsshowthattherehasResenedamaging the paint nish. been a decrease in grafti, but it wont beDaydream31'