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'My blood was boiling': Napier B&B owner explains why he's turning away Americans

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 2 Apr 2025, 6:52pm
Mario Schmidt (inset) and the Ukrainian flag above an upside-down US flag outside of his B&B on Bluff Hill, Napier.
Mario Schmidt (inset) and the Ukrainian flag above an upside-down US flag outside of his B&B on Bluff Hill, Napier.

'My blood was boiling': Napier B&B owner explains why he's turning away Americans

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 2 Apr 2025, 6:52pm

A Napier accommodation provider is doubling down on turning away Americans - saying it's a protest against the Trump administration 'betraying' Ukraine.

Bluff Hill Lighthouse B&B has cancelled every US booking since February.

Owner Mario Schmidt is blaming the President - and his adviser, billionaire Elon Musk.

He says he made the decision after Donald Trump's meeting with Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, last month.

"I literally threw up - I've never thrown up. My blood was boiling."

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