Survey of Aucklanders that slammed Super City is not a real survey, pollster says

Survey of Aucklanders that slammed Super City is not a real survey, pollster says
The wiki survey was promoted at an event featuring former PMs John Key and Helen Clark, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown and Minister for Auckland Simeon Brown. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
Questions have been raised about an agenda-setting survey released at a high-profile event on Wednesday, including whether it lived up to the standard of the University of Auckland's brand.The Committee for Auckland released a survey conducted by the university's Complex Conversations Lab on Wednesday at an event at Deloitte's central Auckland offices.The release of its findings marked the Super City at 15 years and was quoted as a "major new survey" in The Post and as "a major study" of the attitudes o...

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