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An independent report says Wellington Mayor Andy Foster (left) breached the council’s code of conduct after he tried to sway councillors against selling council land for a planned Shelly Bay redevelopment. Sir Peter Jackson (right) backed Foster’s campaign to stop the development. (File photo)
An independent report has recommended Wellington Mayor Andy Foster be censured for attempting to disclose confidential information to councillors before a crucial vote on the planned Shelly Bay redevelopment. The report, released to councillors on Friday and obtained by
Stuff, was commissioned following a code of conduct complaint from councillor Jenny Condie.
Iwi representatives will sit on all committees except the chief executive review committee from July. John Coffey, chairman of the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust that manages Taranaki Whānui’s treaty settlement package, said iwi and the council shared similar goals. “What you want as a council for the people of Wellington is what we want too,” Coffey told the councillors. “You will not succeed without us, and we will not succeed without you. It’s as simple as that.”
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Helmut Modlik, the new chief executive of Ngati Toa, at the Takapuwahia Marae, Porirua. Ngāti Toa Rangatira chief executive Helmut Modlik said the decision was a historic moment following the failings of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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A police forensic team arrive at the Central Park apartment complex, where a woman was found dead.
Pink chalk ovals can be seen in a stairwell foyer at a Wellington City Council-run apartment complex where a woman was found dead, as the agency embarks on an immediate review, citing the safety and wellbeing of tenants as its priority. Dressed in a grey tear-resistant gown and sporting bare feet, a 42-year-old man – granted name suppression by Justice of the Peace Allan Sainsbury on Monday morning – made a brief appearance at Hutt Valley District Court, charged with the woman’s murder on Saturday night.
Wellington bus drivers are back on the roads after a lockout was overturned, and will continue to work while mediation takes place between the union and their employer, NZ Bus.