The Chief
Ombudsman has released her opinion on a complaint about the
manner in which the Horowhenua District Council investigated
a councillor's alleged code of conduct breaches. Dame
Beverley Wakem found that the Mayor and Deputy Mayor
unreasonably failed to disqualify themselves from
investigating the matter on grounds that they could be
perceived to be biased. You can read the full opinionhere.
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