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Nights listeners share photos of their favourite roadside signs.
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Brian Windeatt loves this sign too. (Somewhere in Auckland we think...)
Sorry, Mr Gates. Johnsonville. Dave Sharpe.
One for the spotters. Auckland Airport. "The mind boggles," says Ignatz Ziller.
Keeping in with the Big Boss upstairs. Whataroa Cemetery. Westland. Lyndel Pellett.
A very old sign on the Old Dunstan Road. Central Otago. Nigel Rushton.
No nothing. Nights Producer, Robyn Rockgirl.
Rates to die for. Kyeburn. Nigel Rushton.
Saw the light? Vincent took this photo some time in the mid to late nineties on the way into Taneatua. "Sadly we didn't wait around to see any of the signs and wonders".
Martin Pim snapped this at the Mangare Butterfly Park.
Kerry's favourite Doc sign. Mt Bruce Reserve. You might have to zoom in for this. Kerry Jones.
Derek reckons these signs leave you with a very difficult choice. Derek Reeves. Lower Hutt.
Confused? So were they. Central Christchurch 2009. Ignatz Ziller.
Beware! (Very) low flying planes. Margaret Macarthur.
A comment on local democracy. Somewhere in NZ. Nigel Rushton.
For campers who like brassicas. John Ormand. Near Mangakino.
Flammable snow? Margaret Macarthur.
No one gets off this planet alive. Richard Schofield. Manuka Gorge, Highway 7.
News to us, but in a roundabout way, maybe they're right... Andrew Gemmell.
They kid you not! Diving platform Wellington waterfront. Alison Ballance (Our Changing World).
'Cos they're not allowed on Royal. Outside a supermarket. Rachael Hay.
Flogging it. The Catlins. Paul.
Snail way. Between Punakaiki and Greymouth. Mike Butler, during his walk around the South Island with his dog, Rapid.
Somewhere in the Cambrians. Central Otago. Chris Unwin.
Inside a cafe in Greymouth. Christopher
Pauatahanui. Liz Barlow.
Papatowai. Catlins. Di Forbes.
Just out of Ranfurly. Central Otago. Alex Davies.
Downtown Wellington. Fifi Colston.
Central Otago. Chris Unwin.
A Wellington road sign. D and S Greenslade.
Wellington's road signs 2. D and S Greenslade.
Inglewood factory sign. Janet Hunt.
Car yard. Stewart Island. Chris Unwin.
Kiwi poster in New York. Di Forbes.
1 km to go! Te Anau. Di Forbes.
Sums it up really... Bryan Windeatt.
Chathams road sign. Murray Williams.
Walking track, Devonport. Chris Bolton.
Warning signs. Wellington Zoo. Chris Bolton.
Paradise. Warren Lewthwaite.
Tow away. Auckland waterfront. Jules Riding.
The weather rock sign. John.
Mixed messages. Karen Bolitho and Paul Windeatt.
Nuclear free Wellington. Dr Steve Urlich. Steve writes; "It stood on the road greeting visitors to Wellington from 1988-2004. It was taken down by Wellington City Council in a frenzy of rebranding and broken in two. Happily it now resides in Wellington’s Museum of City & Sea, as part of its “Telling Tales- a history of Wellington in the 20th century”.
Sewage sales. Raymond.
Parking directions. Red Zone, Christchurch. Quentin Fox.
Taranaki. Woo hoo! Bryan Windeatt.
Bridge to Nowhere's lesser known cousin. Bryan Windeatt.
Tauranga. Bryan Windeatt.
Longest name. Bryan Windeatt.
Anzac. Bryan Windeatt.
Monaco Peninsula near Nelson City. Ellie Henderson.
No circulars. Newtown, Wellington. Chris Bolton.
Pencarrow Lighthouse. Chris Bolton.
Teapot land in Owaka. Helena
Predictive text, Wellington. Chris Bolton.
Devonport again. Chris Bolton.
Stalled. Arnold Huguenot.
Stirling Bridge. Richard Schofield (with some help from Photoshop...).
The Foxton jandal fence. Raymond. Foxton.
Signs of NZ in the sand. Tharron McIvor (Vienna).
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