New Zealand's disabled community has reacted with anger and frustration after a car belonging to a Kiwi musician was spotted in mobility car parks without a permit.
Rapper Thomas MacDonald, known as Tom Francis, is the owner of the Lamborghini which was seen parked in two disability parks within five days.
A photo shared to his Instagram on March 4 - and removed today - showed the artist, who has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, posing and grinning in front of his bright orange sports Lamborghini inside the Auckland showroom in Grey Lynn.
Two photos of a Lambo with the same licence plate in mobility parks have since been posted on a social media page that calls out bad driving and parking.
One image shows his vehicle in a disabled park on Taupo's Te Heuheu Street on March 10. A second photo shows it in a mobility spot at Auckland's Albany Westfield Mall on Friday.
Newshub approached Francis for comment and while the messages were seen, he did not reply at the time of writing.
Those in New Zealand's disabled community have shared their frustration and disappointment with the "self-entitled" rapper.
One 61-year-old man who lives in the Bay of Islands said he often visits Auckland with his wife and relies on disability parking.
He has undergone 10 spinal surgeries which left him mobility-impaired and has experienced an "astonishing number of heart attacks since".
"Some days I wake up and my legs just don't work. There are some days where I literally can't walk at all, and I rely on my wife to help me get around."
He said he can only walk 200 metres unaided.
"The issue of unpermitted people using mobility parking spaces is they have no respect for the disabled people, they take their parking, stealing their independence, stealing whatever little pride and dignity they have left".
"For me, seeing a celebrity, or so-called celebrity, parking in a car park which doesn't belong to him is basically him putting up his middle finger at the people who actually earn that right.
"It's hard enough feeling and knowing you aren't a fully functional person," he explained.
He described Francis as a "self-entitled person in his multimillion-dollar car".
"He's also someone who can obviously afford to pay for private parking.
"I'm angry, disappointed and disgusted. It's just not acceptable and it never will be. It is an illegal activity," he said. "There are people out there who really needed that park".
The man said he hopes Francis learns from his actions.
"He needs to learn about what it's like to be disabled. He needs to spend some quality time with people who have disabilities, or even just spend a day helping them around to truly understand just how difficult things are for us."
Newshub has obtained screenshots of abusive messages sent to people who called Francis out on his parking.
"Shut up you fat f**k," he allegedly responded to one person.
"I'll show you what it's like to [be] injured from a chainsaw cuzzo," he said to another.
"Come here right now, let's get to it," he said to a third person, before adding "look in the mirror you depressed f**kwit".
