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Wayne Brown’s staff pinged for working on mayor’s election campaign newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/04/w...
Wayne Brown’s staff pinged for working on election campaign
Auckland mayoral office staff walked a fine line – and occasionally crossed it – in turning their minds to Wayne Brown's re-election campaign, against council protocols
newsroom.co.nz
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mayor's Chinese language helper kept secret newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/30/m...
Mayor's Chinese language helper kept secret
For months, Auckland's mayor and council resisted saying who they were paying to help Wayne Brown speak Chinese - and if his re-election campaign was benefiting
newsroom.co.nz
September 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Confidential document reveals mayor’s office drinks on night of Auckland floods newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/10/c...
Confidential document reveals mayor’s office drinks on night of Auckland floods
The Auckland Anniversary floods and official response in 2023 were the low points of Mayor Wayne Brown’s term. Fresh claims have emerged about what was happening in his office that night.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Wayne Brown company deregistered in circumstances he says he’s unaware of newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/10/w...
Wayne Brown company deregistered
Officials wanted to verify the identities of Wayne Brown and his fellow shareholders, but no information was forthcoming so the company was struck off
newsroom.co.nz
September 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Wayne Brown company faces delisting over regulatory omission newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/08/w...
Wayne Brown company faces delisting over regulatory omission
Asia Pacific Hotels, which counts Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown among its shareholders, could be removed from the companies register for not complying with officials' requests
newsroom.co.nz
August 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Jami-Lee Ross seeks political comeback and Auckland's mayor Wayne Brown widens election campaign against sitting councillors newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/31/j...
Jami-Lee Ross seeks political comeback
The ex-MP who alleged corruption by his party leader but was himself tried and cleared over political donations is back seeking votes from the public
newsroom.co.nz
July 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Mayor's latest Fix Auckland recruits lined up to topple Albany duo and ACT names first local candidates newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/30/m...
Mayor's latest Fix Auckland recruits lined up to topple Albany duo
Wayne Brown wants to see high-profile Hibiscus and Bays board members Gary Brown and Victoria Short unseat two councillors he dislikes.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Auckland mayor's top executive takes a few days leave while council looks into his liquidating a personal firm owing $570k newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/21/a...
Auckland mayor's top executive liquidating personal firm owing $570k
The chief of staff to Wayne Brown has put a personal property development company into liquidation over money due to Inland Revenue, Todd Niall reports
newsroom.co.nz
July 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Auckland mayor's top executive liquidating personal firm owing up to $570k in tax newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/21/a...
Auckland mayor's top executive liquidating personal firm owing $570k
The chief of staff to Wayne Brown has put a personal property development company into liquidation over money due to Inland Revenue, Todd Niall reports
newsroom.co.nz
July 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Why Auckland's 2027 America’s Cup bid never stood a chance #ac38 #americascup newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/19/w...
Why Auckland's 2027 America’s Cup bid never stood a chance
Auckland’s unsuccessful five-month bid to secure the hosting rights for the event appears to have been doomed before negotiations started with the Government.
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July 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Mayor Brown frugal on the video and frugal with some facts - like the real reasons he hasnt gone to Wellington newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/07/m...
Mayor Brown frugal on the video and frugal with some facts
Todd Niall watches a Wayne Brown mayoral campaign video and asks if everything is as it seems
newsroom.co.nz
July 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Apologies made to Team NZ in settlement over 2020 America’s Cup whistleblower affair newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/28/a...
Apologies to Team NZ in settlement over 2020 America’s Cup whistleblower affair
Five years on, full apologies from a contractor and its principals who purported to blow the whistle on Team NZ over the Cup's finances.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Auckland drops out of hosting 2030 World Gay Games, due to council funding cuts, other events at risk newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/a...
Auckland drops out of hosting World Gay Games, can't back Lions tour
Cuts to funding for major event programmes see Auckland city withdraw from a bid to host one international competition, with backing for others in doubt
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April 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Wayne Brown’s close associate’s move from Volunteer status to $300k contract newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/22/w...
Wayne's mate's rates - $300k a year contract
A friend at the side of Wayne Brown during his political campaign for the Auckland mayoralty has become a well paid contractor funded by ratepayers
newsroom.co.nz
April 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Auckland's place in global cities group at risk newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/07/a...
Auckland's place in global cities group at risk
The Super City's status in a global club of climate action cities is up in the air
newsroom.co.nz
April 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Mayor Wayne Brown says he's keeping his 2022 election campaign promises. But which ones? newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/26/w...
Which promises is Mayor Brown really keeping?
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown was able to make grand promises in his 2022 campaign, unconstrained by any real understanding of how the council and its agencies worked – second time round that won't be po...
newsroom.co.nz
March 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM