A highly critical report released today into council-controlled organisations in Auckland paints a picture of dysfunction, confusion and detachment from the main council.
A panel led by lawyer Miriam Dean QC spent six months reviewing the city's five CCOs, an exercise promised by Mayor Phil Goff during his 2019 re-election campaign.
The report recommends a merger of the events' organisations and says CCOs need to stop acting so much like businesses and remember who funds them - Aucklanders.
Matthew Theunissen reports.
