Auckland mayoral challenger John Tamihere will this week file legal action against the council he hopes to lead in October. READ MORE:* Meet the Candidates: 'Imperfect' Auckland mayoral hopeful John Tamihere on his fiery campaign* Auckland Council should 'get out of the bloody way' of social housing - Tamihere* How NZ's social housing problem is expected to worsen before it gets better​* John Tamihere lobs 'corruption' line into housing dispute"My role on behalf of a charitable trust is to uplift social housing, end of story," Tamihere told Stuff. "My campaign to be a mayor is to uplift social housing, end of story, I don't see any conflict whatsoever." Waipareira at one point got agreement for 28 of 77 units to be social housing, a level of 36 per cent. Panuku told Waipareira in August 2018 that the deal was off.

Source: Stuff July 21, 2019 22:41 UTC