Protests in the Parnell Rose Garden have delayed the Auckland memorial - for the 237 people who died onboard the Air New Zealand sight-seeing trip in 1979

Advocate Ian Shrimpton says the plane was due to stop in Christchurch on its return to Auckland.

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