Photo: NZ Herald/ suppliedA Labour Party candidate has apologised for threatening to bring "negative media coverage" to the business owners of a night market. Barry Kirker, Labour's candidate for Pakuranga, wrote an angry email to the Auckland Night Market owners after he failed to get free space and access for leader Jacinda Ardern to campaign at the Pakuranga night market on September 2. Mr Kirker said he did not have any plans to discuss the matter with the media, and also had not suggested anybody in the Labour Party do so. The company running the night markets charge between $300 and $500 for parties wanting "exclusive" campaigning on any given night. The company runs night markets in Mt Wellington, Botany, Henderson, Papatoetoe, Pakuranga and Glenfield.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 21, 2017 21:22 UTC