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Georgina Campbell: Wellington City Council's secrecy over code of conduct complaints unacceptable 7 May, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Mayor Andy Foster and Wellington City Council chief executive Barbara McKerrow. Photo / Mark Mitchell OPINION: It feels like Wellington City Council is putting a brick wall between code of conduct complaints and the public, when it should be striving for transparency. First it happened with a complaint made against councillor Simon Woolf, which the council refused to release to the Herald on the grounds his privacy should be protected. The Herald disagreed w...

Report says Wellington mayor Andy Foster should be censured over Shelly Bay meeting 7 May, 2021 06:39 AM 4 minutes to read Wellington mayor Andy Foster. Photo / Mark Mitchell Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz An independent report recommends Wellington's mayor be formally censured after he shared potentially defamatory and previously discredited information before a controversial Shelly Bay vote. Councillor Jenny Condie made a code of conduct complaint against mayor Andy Foster six months ago. The report into the matter is yet to be publicly released but the ...

Wellington City Council (WCC) has released a complaint made against councillor Simon Woolf, alleging he caused staff considerable distress and failed to co

Local Government code of conduct complaints have turned into a 'monster' 3 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Local Government New Zealand president Stuart Crosby. Photo / George Novak Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz A law expert says the local government code of conduct complaints process is a well-intentioned idea that has grown into a monster. In the Wellington Region alone complaints have ranged from whether it was accurate to refer to councillors eating a "lavish" buffet of roast chicken, to claims of being "attacked" on Facebook. Yesterday the Herald...

The Herald complained about the council's refusal to release information 16 months ago.