(NZ Herald) Auckland Council has apologised to a burkini-clad Muslim woman who was told to leave a public pool at the weekend.
A woman who witnessed the incident at Henderson’s West Wave pool said lifeguards laughed about it afterwards.
She said three Muslim women were at the pool with their children about 11am on Saturday wearing swimming costumes that fully covered their bodies.
“They were wearing a burkini that was covering the head right down to the arms and legs. It’s a full cover, but it’s tog material,” the woman said.
“They had their kids with them, they were supervising their kids. Then one woman went into the pool with her kids and that’s when she was singled out by the lifeguard and told to leave.”
