Were the Greens invited?

NewstalkZB reports:

The Green Party claims it was not invited to yesterday’s wreath-laying ceremony for Sir Edmund Hillary, but Internal Affairs has a different version of events.

Prime Minister Helen Clark and the leaders of National, United Future and Act all attended the ceremony at the Cathedral of Holy Trinity after Sir Edmund’s casket had arrived yesterday morning. No one from the Greens, Maori Party or New Zealand First attended.

Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says she did not know the ceremony was even happening and did not receive an invitation. However, Internal Affairs says all party leaders were invited and the Greens had replied saying a representative would be there.

It will be a very bad look if the Greens were not invited.  But it will be an even worse look for the Greens if they have publicly alleged they were not invited, and in fact they were, and they just didn’t send anyone due to internal communications problems.