A Whanganui protester was injured outside the Quality Inn Collegiate in Liverpool yesterday when her foot was allegedly run over by MP Chester Borrows' car.
Mr Borrows was leaving the hotel with visiting Social Housing and Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett when protesters blocked the hotel driveway. Police were attempting to move the protesters when the incident occurred.
Mr Borrows said he was not aware that he had run over anyone's foot and believed the police had pulled the protesters clear.
"I was inching forward very slowly and it looked to me as if they had all been moved off the driveway when I drove out," he said.
Mr Borrows and Mrs Bennett were leaving a meeting with the Whanganui Chamber of Commerce, Whanganui District Council members and local business people when the incident occurred. Protester Tracy Treadwell was taken to hospital by St John Ambulance and Whanganui TPPA Action Group spokeswoman Denise Lockett said Ms Treadwell's foot was badly bruised.