Viv Beck pulls out: it’s Wayne Brown vs Efeso Collins for Auckland’s mayor

Viv Beck pulls out: it’s Wayne Brown vs Efeso Collins for Auckland’s mayor
Viv Beck is ending her campaign to be Auckland mayor. (Image: Supplied)
Staff reporters
Auckland mayoral candidate Viv Beck has pulled out this morning, narrowing the field to the clear left vs right choice between sitting Auckland councillor Efeso Collins and former Far North mayor and self-proclaimed Mr Fix-It, Wayne Brown.Labour-backed Collins has led such small-scale polling as has been conducted about the leadership of New Zealand’s largest city, but mainly because the centre-right vote was split between Brown, Beck and restaurateur Leo Molloy, who dropped his candidacy five weeks ago.“My decision comes with a hea...

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