A joint effort between Auckland City Council and police has led to the arrest of eight of the city's ten most destructive graffiti vandals.
The council's community services committee chairman, Paul Goldsmith, said all eight were now before the courts.
Mr Goldsmith said the arrests were the result of a collaborative operation between Auckland City Council and the police to eradicate graffiti vandalism in the city.
They brought the number of arrests of graffiti vandals since July to 31.
"The council's focus is now to apprehend the next group of the city's worst graffiti vandals."
Mr Goldsmith said the 0800 STOP TAGS offender information hotline, which offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of graffiti vandals, was producing good results.
The council also introduced a new citywide eradication service in July, with contractors removing graffiti vandalism seven days a week, 365 days a year.
The new service had seen graffiti vandalism removed from over 16,000 sites.
"Getting rid of graffiti vandalism demands a zero-tolerance approach and part of this involves removing the graffiti as quickly and consistently as possible," he said.
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