The evacuation of thousands of concert-goers from the Homegrown Music Festival last night was reportedly sparked by a tattoo. It has been reported the tattoo was thought to be linked to far-right ideology, however, it turned out it was traditional. Around 5000 concertgoers were evacuated from the main stage at the Homegrown Festival in Wellington around 9.20pm. Homegrown spokeswoman Kelly Wright said the incident was "an innocent misunderstanding". The incident happened just before a minute silence was planned in tribute to the Christchurch mosque shooting victims.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 23, 2019 21:56 UTC