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PYC’s graffiti-bustingteens take it to the streetsBoxing their way to a new outlook on life“I believe that it is a good idea for people caught tagging to have to paint out their own tags and other people’sas well. Equally, youth that have not been caught tagging will learn valuable lessons by doing the same. This willreduce their sympathy for tagging and enable them to see the issue from the point of view of the adult section ofthe community. I am sure that people who do tagging or condone it are largely unaware of how the sight of it andthe effort needed to remove it affects other people. Whenever anyone does some work they develop a sense ofownership and will tend to protect what they have done.”Constable Noel Surrey, Pukekohe Police22When Moana Blake saw graffiti on the fountain in the PukekoheTown Centre, she reacted. And it wasn’t only because she hatesgraffiti – it was because Moana is the new youth worker atPukekohe Youth Centre and she considers the town centre to belike the youth centre’s front garden – it was personal.The graffiti didn’t stay long – to the great appreciation of peoplewalking through the town centre, Moana and a group of teensfrom the youth centre went at the paint with rags and cleaningcompounds and didn’t stop until it was clean again.“Some of the boys had been taggers and some weren’t, but theywould know who did the tagging,” she explains. “At first they said‘we can’t do this – it’s hard,’ so I said to them – these art workson the fountain were done by little kids, probably your brothersand sisters at primary. When you do this, you show that you areresponsible and do good for the youth centre. They felt proud whenthey finished and had a better appreciation of what it’s like to cleanup after taggers.”To Moana, the youth centre is more than a drop-in place for kidsafter school. It’s also a place they can call their own, to hang outwith friends and play table tennis and pool. There, they get aSupport your local community www.elocal.co.nzchance to practice and extend their artistic talents – on paper.Moana, an artist herself, initially brought in art supplies fromhome and was grateful for anything donated by local businesses.She was delighted to receive backing from Franklin Arts andCultural Trust after several of the art works were shown at therecent Matariki Festival.“I call art a colour therapy – it introduces the kids to newmediums, new ways of expressing themselves. They can progressin their own natural way, find their strengths and work withthem. We’re still on our little steps at the moment, but if we canget to just one kid at a time, it makes a difference.”The peer influence that is potentially so effective in keeping thetown free of graffiti also works to bring more young people intothe youth centre.“They know when they come in here, there are rules – they’renot visible, because they all know the core values that shouldalready be in place through home. There are no gang coloursallowed – it’s a neutral place. There are quite a few programmesfor the kids, including table tennis and pool tournaments, schoolholiday activities, awesome tramping trips – and firedancing.page 24
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