Auckland airport share sale: how not to win an argument

Auckland airport share sale: how not to win an argument
Wayne Brown prepares to run his mouth/argument for selling airport shares last week. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
Wayne Brown’s crazy uncle routine is obscuring the fact that he’s got a very strong case in favour of selling the 18% share of Auckland international airport that Auckland council owns.It’s also obscuring a fact that Aucklanders aren't facing.That is, the city has failed for years to take advantage of the strategic potential that owning a large chunk of New Zealand’s gateway airport would normally confer.The fact is that if councillors vote on Thursday to quit the city’s shareholding in the airport, it will be...

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