update from down under (and over?)

[ERIC]

While researching for my blog I heard about a park in New Zealand that installed huge empty picture frames for visitors to interact with. I found out that this was quite a while ago . . . . and it didn't go over well.

The 16 elaborate "masterpiece frames" were put up at various park locations in 1999 by the Auckland Regional Council in an attempt to lift its profile and as a marketing tool for its regional park network.
It successfully achieved the former when the frames sparked a public outcry, were labelled a blot on the landscape instead of a showcase, and called "hideous" and "kitsch".

source http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10390134

So, what was the outcome? Are they all gone? Hope I can get more current info.