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4 Thursday <strong>September</strong> 6 <strong>2018</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

News<br />

East may run<br />

for mayor<br />

•From page 1<br />

“I couldn’t say yes or no, I would<br />

have said definitely no but, I will<br />

think about it.”<br />

Mayor Lianne Dalziel confirmed Cr<br />

East has been stood down from his<br />

position as chairman of the regulatory<br />

performance committee.<br />

He will also face a disciplinary<br />

hearing for his claims on Monday that<br />

city council staff allegedly omitted a<br />

policy in the district plan.<br />

<strong>The</strong> policy enabled people to build,<br />

renovate or extend their homes in the<br />

coastal suburbs of South Brighton,<br />

Southshore and Redcliffs.<br />

Ms Dalziel is yet to confirm whether<br />

she will stand for a third term at the<br />

local body elections next October.<br />

If she doesn’t, the mayoral race is<br />

likely to be wide open.<br />

“I would dearly love to see a council<br />

that is more reflective of the needs of the<br />

city . . . I believe sometimes our approach<br />

to planning at times has not taken the<br />

people with it. I don’t believe we have<br />

ever taken the people of Southshore and<br />

South Brighton with us,” he said.<br />

Yesterday, chief executive Karleen<br />

Edwards laid a formal complaint to<br />

Ms Dalziel on behalf of the city council<br />

in relation to Cr East for breaching<br />

the council’s code of conduct.<br />

Dr Edwards and Ms Dalziel will<br />

discuss it today.<br />

Councillors close ranks<br />

• By Sophie Cornish and<br />

Matt Salmons<br />

CITY COUNCILLORS have<br />

closed ranks when asked<br />

whether they support their<br />

fellow councillor, David East.<br />

When approached by <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Star</strong> yesterday, city councillors,<br />

Jamie Gough, Tim Scandrett,<br />

Vicki Buck, Phil Clearwater,<br />

Pauline Cotter and Raf Manji<br />

declined to<br />

comment.<br />

Papanui<br />

Ward councillor<br />

Mike<br />

Davidson (left)<br />

said Cr East’s<br />

approach is not<br />

the approach<br />

he would have taken.<br />

“I support what the mayor has<br />

done,” he said.<br />

Heathcote Ward councillor<br />

Sara Templeton agreed that a<br />

process needed to occur to look<br />

into the policy, but did not agree<br />

that going public in the manner<br />

was “the most useful way” to<br />

resolve the issue.<br />

“It’s clear that that was not the<br />

intent of the independent hearings<br />

panel and there needs to be<br />

a process to ensure that intent is<br />

being met.”<br />

SUPPORT: Coastal-Burwood Community Board<br />

chairwoman Kim Money, Linwood-Central-Heathcote<br />

Community Board member Darrell Latham and<br />

members of coastal communities are backing David<br />

East, two signs have been put up in Southshore.<br />

Cr Templeton said there was a<br />

“lack of clarity” around the policy<br />

which needed to be made clear.<br />

Linwood Ward councillor<br />

Yani Johanson said he could not<br />

comment on Cr East’s conduct,<br />

but said he agreed there were<br />

issues with the policy.<br />

“I want to acknowledge that<br />

this is an issue causing massive<br />

concern in the community.”<br />

Central Ward councillor<br />

Deon Swiggs, speaking from<br />

Perth, said he was aware of the<br />

issue around the policy and said<br />

it needed “addressing ASAP.”<br />

Burwood Ward city councillor<br />

Glenn Livingstone said<br />

he was aware of the issue, but<br />

wouldn’t comment further.<br />

“Personally myself I wouldn’t<br />

be making allegations like this.”<br />

He said the facts need to be<br />

established first.<br />

Some community board<br />

members have spoken out in<br />

support of Cr East.<br />

Linwood-Central-Heathcote<br />

Community Board member<br />

Darrell Latham said he supported<br />

Cr East, “with respect to<br />

the letter he has received from<br />

Sir John Hansen.”<br />

“<strong>The</strong>y are serious matters of<br />

concern, in my opinion, and<br />

these are the matters council<br />

need to focus on and deal with.”<br />

Coastal-Burwood Community<br />

Board chairwoman Kim<br />

Money said she “100 per cent”<br />

backs Cr East.<br />

“Tim Sintes and myself are totally<br />

backing David and support<br />

David in every aspect.”<br />

Ms Money and her deputy<br />

chairman Tim Sintes are also<br />

facing disciplinary action for their<br />

outspoken views on the matter.<br />

“This is exactly what we are<br />

elected to do. We are elected to<br />

represent our people . . . when<br />

we discover or hear the things<br />

that we have heard, we cannot<br />

be quiet, we have to be able to<br />

say something.”<br />

Christchurch Coastal Residents<br />

United deputy chairman<br />

Warwick Schaefer said the<br />

group was “absolutely backing<br />

David.”<br />

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