Painted convicts

Every small town and village in NZ seems to have one or two wall murals. Wherever there is a blank wall or a building that needs brightening up, there will be a big mural. This is my favourite though. It’s not really a mural, I suppose, but the windows on this old goal in Gisborne are boarded up and the wood painted with inmates looking out. The Churchill Park Goal was built in 1910 and was in use until 1953, when it was converted into a holiday camp, where campers could sleep in the cells!