Auckland clr Sharon Stewart: 'it could come back to bite the council'

The last two meetings of Auckland Council's Civil Defense Committee highlighted two issues that might require consideration by any central or local government review of the Auckland floods.

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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has now ordered a review into the first 48 hours of the council’s response to the Auckland floods. The Mayor has already acknowledged that the communications to the public on Friday evening were, in his words, “not good enough”.

The review will, no doubt, identify other weaknesses that require attention…