Businessman and former Far North mayor Wayne Brown has confirmed he will contest the Auckland mayoralty in October’s election.
Brown said in a statement that the Auckland Council he would lead would stop wasting money on “dopey projects”.
The newest entrant to the contest to succeed the retiring Phil Goff, said he brought more than 40 years’ experience running small, medium, and large Auckland businesses.
Brown has homes in the Far North District as well as in Auckland, and is former chairman of Auckland District Health Board, Transpower, and Auckland lines company Vector.
He said he had been, “trusted by shareholders, workers, governments and voters to fix big troubled, complex organisations and force better performance – and Auckland Council fits the bill.”
Brown promised costs would be “brought under control, capital spent wisely on the infrastructure that really matters, and prioritise basic services over optional extras”.
He called his potential mayoralty “bad news for council bureaucrats wanting to start another big project before finishing existing ones”.
Brown will give more details on his plans at a mid-morning speech in Auckland.
Six other contenders are in the race: Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck, with backing from the Centre Right, Labour-endorsed councillor Efeso Collins, along with Ted Johnston, Jake Law, and Craig Lord, and restaurateur Leo Molloy.
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