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The Press compiled its first Christchurch Power List in 2005, and it was decided that Mayor Garry Moore was the city’s most powerful person, followed closely by city council chief executive Lesley McTurk. “The list, compiled and voted on by a
Press panel, also uncovers the sway of commercial giant Ngāi Tahu, with three members of iwi management making the top 11, including chairman Mark Solomon placed third.
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The Press editor Paul Thompson takes fourth place and police district commander Sandra Manderson is fifth. Real estate entrepreneur Stephen Collins takes the top place for business (at seventh overall).”