8 Jul 2020
Otago Regional Council drops Marian Hobbs as chair
Claims of dirty politics, cries of anger and disgust, and clear bitter division. The usually circumspect arena of the Otago Regional Council chamber had it all this morning, as three-quarters of councillors teamed up to roll former Labour Government Environment Minister Marian Hobbs as chair. Our Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown was at the meeting and filed this report.