A newly-elected Auckland councillor says the refusal to allow his Samoan family into pre-arranged VIP seating to watch his swearing-in was racial discrimination. The Tuesday evening ceremony was a proud moment for Efeso Collins, who was the first in his family with a university education and was sworn in as one of two representatives in the Manukau Ward in south Auckland. He was one of those who read his oath in Maori. But the joy wasn't fully shared by his wife, daughter and elders, who were refused their allocated seating in the councillor's family area at the Auckland Town Hall. "My family was told that they couldn't sit where they were because that was reserved for council guests, and that's when my wife said 'We are council guests', but no one believed them," he said. In the formal atmosphere…