Vandalised would be a more accurate description.
Posting this mostly to comment on the near daily culture war distractions being peddled by the government to distract from all the horrible shit they’re doing, and the effect this is having to embolden bigots and fascists to commit more extreme acts.
Prosecute this as the hate crime that it is.
Looks like they may be doing just that: Police treat painting over of Auckland’s K’ Road rainbow crossing as hate crime