Prison officer refuses to remove shoes at marae tangi

A Serco prison officer is being labelled rude and anti-Maori for refusing to take his shoes off when he escorted an inmate on to an Auckland marae for the tangi of Herbs musician Tama Renata. The officer was handcuffed to Mr Renata's son and ignored three requests to remove his shoes. Our Maori news correspondent Leigh-Marama McLachlan reports.