‘Slightly haunted but manageable’: new signs cause confusion – and delight – in Christchurch
Six absurdist signs resembling official city council information boards have popped up across New Zealand’s second-largest cityOutside an abandoned building in New Zealand’s second-biggest city, a sign reads “slightly haunted but manageable”. In the middle of a busy shopping strip,...
<p>Six absurdist signs resembling official city council information boards have popped up across New Zealand’s second-largest city</p><p>Outside an abandoned building in New Zealand’s second-biggest city, a sign reads “slightly haunted but manageable”. In the middle of a busy shopping strip, pedestrians are warned to keep to a 2.83km/h walking speed. In another part of the Christchurch, one piece of signage declares simply “don’t”.</p><p>The baffling boards are not an overzealous new council initiative, but a piece of art designed to “play with the way we take authority and signage so seriously”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/new-zealand-christchurch-spoof-absurdist-road-signs">Continue reading...</a>
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