Rotorua mayor demands apology from councillor over social media post 4 Mar, 2021 06:00 AM 8 minutes to read Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick. Photo / File Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick has demanded an apology from a councillor over a social media post. But the councillor at the centre of the controversy, Reynold Macpherson, says he's just expressing his opinion, and others are expressing theirs. About four minutes into the Rotorua Lakes Council's operations and monitoring committee meeting on Thursday, deputy mayor Dave Donaldson indicated he had an urgent item of business for the committee to attend to. "Yesterday all councillors received an email from Rotorua Lakes Council regarding a break in our wastewater main that had been addressed in the Ngongotahā area.''