Auckland mayor WayneBrown texted his friends that he could not play tennis over the weekend because he had to “deal with media drongos” over the flooding crisis in the city.
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown texted his friends that he could not play tennis over the weekend because he had to “deal with media drongos” over the flooding crisis in the city.that destroyed homes and resulted in four deaths.Stuff.co.nz
There have been calls for Brown to resign over his leadership during the floods with questions asked about the time taken to sign and communicate a declaration of a state of emergency when the flooding hit the city on Friday.Getty Images However, he said he didn’t feel he had personally done anything wrong and had been “following instructions”.
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