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Wicked Campers facing ban
Controversial rental campervans could be banned from campgrounds across the ditchLocal authorities on New Zealand’s South Island are considering banning Wicked campervans from council-run campgrounds in response to growing public concern at the company’s controversial slogans.
Tasman District councillor Judene Edgar said staff had been asked to report back by early May on the possibility of banning Wicked vans.
“Concern about the offensive nature of some of Wicked’s slogans isn’t new and there have been various attempts to convince the company to tone down its messages – including a petition of more than 100,000 signatures in 2014 – but so far nothing has managed to encourage Wicked to stop painting its vans with sexist and degrading slogans,” she said
“It seems the only thing that might work is to hit the company in the pocket by encouraging people not to hire its vans. If campers can’t stay in the campgrounds they would like to because of the van they have chosen to rent, hopefully that will mean fewer people renting Wicked vans and parading their offensive slogans through our communities.”
The move comes after Wicked vans were banned from the local Kaiteriteri Beach Motor Camp, and as New Zealand’s Department of Conservation tries to prevent Wicked from issuing DOC campground passes.
New Zealand’s Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett has also been campaigning against the company’s politically incorrect slogans.
“Given the level of community concern that is being generated by these campervans, it’s appropriate for us to consider what action, if any, we can take in support of the movement against Wicked’s slogans,” she said.
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Written byCaravancampingsales Staff
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