The event, by The Safety Warehouse, was marketed as “New Zealand’s first ever mass cash drop”, with the promise of “actual money” flying from the sky to the tune of $100,000. Email your video to newstips@stuff.co.nzThe Safety Warehouse has been approached for comment. People turned up in their hundreds after securing free tickets, but when the cash started raining down and people realised fake money was coming down, things got “really, really ugly”, Green MP Ricardo Menéndez said. Instead of legal tender, the “cash” gives the bearer 30 per cent off orders from The Safety Warehouse, which sells PPE online. He's now started a petition calling on The Safety Warehouse to honour the vouchers people claimed and exchange them for cash.

Source: Stuff December 05, 2020 04:26 UTC