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Those would cover finance and administration, planning strategy and policy, infrastructure, and community services. Other councillors with major portfolios include Diane Calvert (economic development), Jill Day (Māori partnerships), deputy mayor Sarah Free (governance), Tamatha Paul (climate change), and Fleur Fitzsimons (community wellbeing – including social housing). Paul said the briefing reaffirmed what she suspected were the problems within the council. “I welcome the report. I am 18 months into the job, and I’ve adapted to the structure we have in place. I can adapt again to...

Report being finalised after independent review of Wellington City Council 13 Apr, 2021 02:08 AM 3 minutes to read Wellington Mayor Andy Foster. Photo / Mark Mitchell Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz A report is being finalised following an independent review into Wellington City Council's governance, which was announced as tensions boiled over in the capital. Councillors, the mayor, and independent reviewer Peter Winder will discuss the draft report at a 1pm meeting tomorrow, which is scheduled for about an hour. It's expected a final report will be made pub...

The organisation running NZ’s 16 polytechs has been branded an “old boys’ club” as one of its council members is also a director of two of the polytechs.

Confusion over one line in the city council's operating budget sets alarm bells ringing.

Trust between Wellington Mayor Andy Foster and some of his councillors is so low, he hastily called for a review into the council’s governance before one of them beat him to it.