The NZ flag flew proudly outside the Paraparaumu Library yesterday.

But upside down.

KIN will be asking the Kapiti Coast Council whether this was done by staff to indicate distress at the Council’s halving of the books’ budget this year.

Wikipedia says in some countries flying a flag upside-down is conventional protocol to indicate an emergency or problem, or to indicate a state of war.

However, the KCDCV said today: ‘It was a simple mistake, when staff were informed they corrected it immediately’.

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