Protesters block the path of a bus carrying delegates to the Defence Forum in Palmerston North in 2018. A venue-hire policy has been drafted after the staging of the Defence Industry Forum in the city in 2018. Council strategy and policy manager Julie Macdonald said the Defence Forum would not have been turned down under that rule. DAVID UNWIN/STUFF Anglican Bishop of Wellington Justin Duckworth gets among protesters outside the Defence Forum in Palmerston North in 2018. DAVID UNWIN/STUFF An extensive police presence in Palmerston North attempted to foil protesters blocking access to a Defence Forum.

Source: Stuff June 05, 2019 06:00 UTC