They don't at first glance suggest defacement – Collins was elected as a Labour councillor and his mayoral bid has been formally endorsed by the Labour Party, ...
“On all our collateral, signs and on our website we make it clear that City Vision is a coalition of Labour, Greens and community independents like me who have shared progressive values. “I’m honoured the prime minister was able to make time in her busy timetable to support our campaign for a more just and sustainable city,” said Collins this week. And his team doesn’t know where the stickers, which have been placed to obscure the slogan “for the people” on the signs, come from. Red rectangular stickers sporting the logo of the Labour Party have been attached in recent days to a handful of Efeso Collins’ election signs. [told RNZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/474987/chatting-with-auckland-s-mayoral-candidates-wayne-brown-efeso-collins-craig-lord) last month he was a swing supporter. “None of our allies or volunteers have been doing it.”