New Auckland mayor Wayne Brown’s CCO targets

New Auckland mayor Wayne Brown’s CCO targets
New Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is promising to hit the ground running. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
In his few public statements since being elected mayor of Auckland on Saturday, Wayne Brown welcomed the immediate resignation of the chair of the board of Auckland Transport (AT), Adrienne Young-Cooper, and suggested others should follow suit.Not only at AT, but at other council-controlled organisations (CCOs).He wasn’t specific as to which ones he had in mind, but his campaign-trail comments have left a path of breadcrumbs the size of baguettes.Here are the most obvious candidates:1. Ports of AucklandAs the chair of the New Zealand Firs...

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