{"id":396482,"date":"2026-04-25T04:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396482\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:07:10","slug":"hutt-south-mp-chris-bishop-gutted-to-miss-dawn-service-wreath-laying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396482\/","title":{"rendered":"Hutt South MP Chris Bishop ‘gutted’ to miss dawn service wreath laying"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nChris Bishop said he did not know the RSA expected him, the situation was “pretty embarrassing” and he was “gutted to attend.
\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n

Hutt South MP Chris Bishop says a “breakdown in communication” saw his name read out at a wreath-laying ceremony he did not attend.<\/p>\n

In Facebook post, Bishop said he had received a few questions about this morning’s dawn service in the Hutt.<\/p>\n

He said he did not know the RSA expected him, the situation was “pretty embarrassing” and he was “gutted”.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t officially invited to do so.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, if I had known, I would have been there.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bishop attended two other services at the Hutt Civic Centre and Wainuiomata on Saturday, and would also lay a wreath at the Ataturk memorial service at Breaker Bay in the afternoon on behalf of the government.<\/p>\n

RNZ has approached the RSA for comment.<\/p>\n

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