Newly minted Auckland mayor Wayne Brown does not present as the man to unite us. Yet it is Wayne Brown – yep, right-leaning, bloodyminded, pin-a-pic-of-Simon-Wilson-to-a-urinal Wayne Brown – who has already managed to alight upon an issue which has drawn hugely enthusiastic endorsement from both Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick and Tāmaki Makaurau mana whenua at Ngāti Whātua Orākei. When asked specifically whether a move would be good for Auckland that ration became 4:1 in favour of the move. Truly, this is a unicorn of an issue that unites whole chapters of our society who agree on literally nothing else of any consequence. Maybe it needs a gnarly old shitkicker like Brown to start the process of scraping this very stubborn barnacle off the waterfront.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 20, 2022 02:47 UTC