The Spinoff vs the worst Auckland Council meeting of all time
29 Feb 2016
Society
Last week people submitting on the proposed Unitary Plan to Auckland Councillors were routinely jeered and shouted at by “the miserables of Kohimarama“. A marathon 7 hour meeting ended with the council backing down and the eventual crippling of Mayor Len Brown’s sanity. Hayden Donnell gingerly offers his two cents.
Further reading:
Read Alex Johnston’s account of the extraordinary council meeting here.
Hayden Donnell
Hayden Donnell is a senior writer for The Spinoff. He previously worked at RNZ, TVNZ and the New Zealand Herald, alongside other media companies that have since closed down or been renamed. His primary passions are local politics and the Big Fresh animatronic fruit and veggies.
