High Court rolls chair of Watercare, just 3 months into job

When Auckland Council’s performance and appointments committee made the decision on a new chair for its giant subsidiary Watercare, it was behind closed doors.
The vote was taken with the mayor, his deputy and another councillor absent. A procedural amendment by councillor Maurice Williamson was passed, that the council’s independent Māori advisory panel Houkura says breached standing orders – but that rule change enabled engineer Geoff Hunt to win the role.