Stuff says it was not its articles that caused reputational damage to Anne Cao and Paul Oulton but their own actions. At the same time, 23 neighbours objected to the festival in a petition as the couple sought resource consent without public notification. The weekend before the festival, Farrow interviewed Oulton and asked what would happen if resource consent was not achieved. The organisers of the Cherry Tree Festival claim Stuff defamed them when the event was cancelled in 2019. Later that day NZ Pure Tours posted on Facebook it was denied resource consent, the festival was cancelled and ticket holders would be partly refunded.

Source: Stuff November 04, 2023 02:17 UTC