Vic Crone's legal threat as Indigo saga escalates

Vic Crone's legal threat as Indigo saga escalates
'My silence to date has not been implied consent', says Vic Crone. (Image: Callaghan Innovation)
Pattrick Smellie
Former Callaghan Innovation chief executive Victoria Crone has entered the fray in the escalating saga of Auckland consultancy We Are Indigo’s (WAI’s) fitness to be awarded large-scale government contracts.Late on Friday, Crone declared through her LinkedIn social media channel: “Today I speak up, commencing legal action towards We Are Indigo / We Are Manaaki, and personally against its Directors Andrew Hamilton, Monty Betham and Patrick MacFie.  “My silence to date has not been implied consent,” said Crone, w...

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