By Todd Niall ofPhoto: Stuff / Ricky WilsonOne of Auckland mayor Wayne Brown's resignation targets has pushed back, telling staff of the council development arm Eke Panuku that any call for change will have to come from the full council. "There are critical operational requirements which cannot be undertaken without director sign-off and involvement," said Panuku board chairman Paul Majurey in a letter to staff on the agency's website. "If Council decides to make changes in our scope and operation we will of course support this," he said, underlining that council-controlled organisations (CCOs), answer to the council, not the mayor. "Eke Panuku Development Auckland receives millions from ratepayers each year and returns very little," Brown said on Monday, of the agency which profitably manages council property and carries out urban regeneration projects. A second council agency where Brown wants the board to quit is the culture and economic development agency Tātaki Auckland Unlimited which last night won the top prize from Economic Development New Zealand (EDNZ) for a post-Covid-19 business recovery programme.

Source: Stuff October 14, 2022 12:14 UTC