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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1018/
- Published: 2024-08-05T18:30:20.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-05T18:30:19.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Auckland Council, Politics, NZ Politics

> Auckland Council has been taken to court by its Māori advisory board over appointing a new chairman to its water business.  
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> The Independent Māori Statutory Board (IMSB) is seeking a judicial review in the High Court at Auckland to overturn the appointment of Geoff Hunt as chairman of Watercare.  
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> IMSB chairman David Taipari said the board believed the decision to appoint Hunt was procedurally unlawful.  
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> Taipari said a panel unanimously recommended a Māori candidate for the role, but when it came to the council’s performance and appointments committee for a decision behind closed doors, an amendment by councillor Maurice Williamson for Hunt to get the role was passed.  
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> NZ Herald

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