http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1308/S00313.htm Pollsters get $5.1m from council, and that's just the start! Monday, 12 August 2013, 5:32 pm Press Release: Cameron Brewer Media release Monday, 12 August 2013 Auckland Councillor for Orakei, Cameron Brewer Pollsters get $5.1m from council, and that's just the start! “The revelation that over $5.1m has been spent on polls and surveys by Auckland Council will upset a lot of ratepayers struggling to pay their bills this winter,” says Auckland Councillor for Orakei, Cameron Brewer, who sought the polling costs under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act. [....]