But that painted smile has recently been wiped off its rock face. For decades, some version of a smiley face, or an encouragement to smile, or both, was painted on the edge of a rock outcropping.

Images have included smiley faces, high school slogans and birthday ... Every March 11 the rock is painted with a tribute by the relatives of two brothers who vanished in 2001 after leaving ...

A smiley face painted on a Mount Maunganui roundabout on a contractor’s whim and embraced by the community has been defaced and painted again. Drivers sometimes don’t treat the small ...