Local board member is sworn in, resigns, walks outJARRED WILLIAMSON / FAIRFAX NZ Lucy Schwaner resigned from her position and stormed out after losing a leadership vote. An Auckland local board member has stormed out of her first meeting of the new term and resigned her position after missing out on being made chairwoman. In what must be a record, the Howick Local Board faced a potential by-election only minutes after a newly sworn-in member had taken the oath of office. JARRED WILLIAMSON / FAIRFAX NZ Lucy Schwaner and husband Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross leaving Uxbridge after walking out of the first Howick Local Board meeting of the new term. JARRED WILLIAMSON / FAIRFAX NZ Howick Local Board chair David Collings and deputy-chair Katrina Bungard.

Source: Stuff November 03, 2016 21:42 UTC