Participants surrounded the Safety Warehouse staff car, demanding the real money as promised. People turned up in their hundreds after securing free tickets, but when the cash started raining down and people realised it was fake money, things turned “really, really ugly”, Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March said. In a lengthy media release on Sunday evening, Thorn said the event had been “unfairly characterised” as one with fake money. The event page hadn’t included anything about “fake money” and “injuries, accidents and disappointment was what everyone walked away with”, TePaea said. Thorn claimed a participant who had not received anything had disconnected the power, meaning The Safety Warehouse was not able to communicate with anyone further.

Source: Stuff December 05, 2020 22:55 UTC