It will be up to parents to vote and decide if a convicted white supremacist jailed two years ago will be able to get onto the board of a local school.
The principal of Te Aratai College, or what used to be Linwood College, has confirmed Philip Arps has put his name forward for one of five trustee positions.
Arps was jailed for twenty-one months in 2019 for sending the video of the Christchurch terror attacks to 30 people.
Te Aratai is a short drive from where the second of the 15 March attacks took place at Linwood Mosque.
The Chair of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand, Abdur Razzaq says this is a targeted approach to cause more upset.
Parent at the school and councillor for the Heathcote ward, Sarah Templeton says the rules around who is eligible are not sufficient .
The president of the Secondary Principals' Association, Vaughan Couillault spoke to Corin Dann.
