Z Energy is floating the idea of refusing service to Wicked Campers in New Zealand.

The controversial campervan hire company, which has been in the headlines for years with its borderline misogynist and offensive slogans, has steadfastly refused to explain, apologise or otherwise comment on the matter.

Z Energy appears to be joining the chorus of motorists, councils and central Government voices intent on delivering a message to the company, which was founded by Australian mechanic John Webb.

On Facebook, Z Energy said the Kiwi company was community focused.

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David White Z Energy is considering feedback from the public suggesting a ban on Wicked Campers in New Zealand.

"We've had a few suggestions that as a community-focused Kiwi company we should refuse to fill up Wicked Camper vans due to the slogans and messages that appear on them.

"So what do you reckon?

The company posed the question alongside four of the "mildest" examples of Wicked slogans and said there were many slogans Z Energy would not circulate.

In less than an hour on Wednesday, the Facebook post attracted almost 200 comments, with many people overwhelmingly in favour of refusing service to backpackers in Wicked Campers' vehicles.

Others questioned the merits of refusing to serve a law-abiding company.

Morgan Keen commented:

MONIQUE FORD/FAIRFAX NZ Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett says Wicked Campers slogans have made her irate.

"Good on you Z.

"We don't need to see that crap in the community and making things harder for Australian owned Wicked will hopefully mean that the kiwi owned camper van companies will get more business!"

Others thought refusing service was going too far, amid concerns about children seeing the slogans on the sides of vans.

NAZ MULLA/SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Wicked Campers founder and owner John Webb has been silently defiant in the face of the latest uproar over his vans' slogans.

"They've been around for that bloody long with no dramas.

"Just the odd laugh and perhaps a stuck up person thinking they shouldn't be on the [road],' Melissa Guise said.

Wicked Campers has often attracted flak but in recent months the public backlash has been mounting and labelled offensive by councils, Lonely Planet guidebooks, the Department of Conservation and the Government.

Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett is on a mission to remove vans with offensive slogans from New Zealand roads.

Z Energy is dual-listed on the NZX and ASX and owned by a consortium including infrastructure company Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

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