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A blunt sign telling visitors to Raglan go home and stop buying their flour during the lockdown has been replaced by an Easter-themed one telling people not to be eggs and to stay home after the original offended the district council.
Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management has today commissioneda new sign that reads: "Don't be an egg this Easter. Stay Home. Save lives." It will be installed at the entrance to Raglan this afternoon.
A new sign has been installed at the entrance to Raglan encouraging people to stay home after the Waikato District Council pulled an earlier one down because it was "unkind". Photo / Supplied
Civil Defence group controller Andy Bu Bear said the new sign fitted with Civil Defence messaging ahead of Easter and would be funded by Civil Defence as part of its wider campaign including radio ads and digital signs conveying the same message.
"You have got to be an egg to waste that message and deliver a weaker message. What is it telling people apart from offending the religious sector? That is just ridiculous. Easter for most people is a sacred time and not to make a mockery of it."
He said the original sign sent a clearer message and would last the lockdown, and not be out of date after Easter.
Civil Defencetold the Herald it had gained the approval of Lichtwark, the trust and the council for the new sign.
