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NZ Media Council upholds complaint on accuracy [story about Green MP Julie Anne Genter] (www.rnz.co.nz)

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The NZ Media Council has upheld a complaint against a RNZ story on accuracy.

The story titled Florist says Julie Anne Genter exchange was a 'massive imbalance of power' was about a Wellington florist's claim of being bullied by Green MP Julie Anne Genter over a controversial cycleway project in Newtown.

The article incorrectly claimed that car parks were removed from outside the florist's shop to make way for a cycleway.

Complainant Tom Pearce provided photographic evidence showing there have never been car parks or a cycleway directly outside the shop on Riddiford Street.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I kinda sympathise though - the shops there have always struggled as long as I can remember (which, in fairness, probably isn't that long). Newtown has been dead for about a decade, easily.

Yes both parties are being dicks and the florist is probably conflating issues and blaming the bike lanes incorrectly.

It seems like one upside is, countdowns expansive parking is, I believe, available for people to use (I vaguely recall signage about it)