Is there an Orange Roughy in Egmont Street? Not yet, but soon
From Scoop
An Orange Roughy is the subject of a new mural being painted next week (week of 14 March) in the Wellington CBD, as the New Zealand government faces renewed pressure to ban bottom trawling on seamounts, and seabed mining.
The mural is being painted outside popular cafe Egmont Street Eatery (1) by street artist Cinzah and Wellington visual artist Sheyne Tuffery, for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) (2) and WWF-New Zealand. Coinciding with New Zealand SeaWeek (3), it is the third in a “Defend the Deep” mural series rolling out across Aotearoa; following murals completed in the past month in Auckland and Dunedin.