The Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust (MBCT) works with the council providing a wide range of community based projects.

The MBCT was established in 2002 as a result of the Graffiti Management Strategy 2001 (PDF 364kb).

The MBCT has the following core functions as part of graffiti managment:

• Eradicate graffiti from the community
  There is a graffiti removal team that travels throughout Manukau each day removing tagging and graffiti.
  
  
• Provide community education
  Educating the community that graffiti is not tolerated. Involvement of local schools in legal arts and paint out graffiti is an important component of its programmes.
  
  
• Enforcement liaison
  Working closely with Police for the purpose of identifying, quantifying and prosecuting graffiti offences and offenders.
  
  

View their Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust website for more information.