Members are advised that Mike Powell has only just written to the National Returning Officer that he wishes to withdraw from the election.
Mike was asked at the same time as the other two candidates to reconfirm his nomination before the ballots were printed and sent yet failed to do so till today.
Derek Best
National Returning Officer
Fire Crisis map showing locations of station closures and appliances that FENZ failed to fully crew with sufficient career Firefighters over the last 7 days.
New Zealand career firefighting staffing continues to be at crisis levels with no fix in the immediate future likely.
Career Firefighter staffing levels throughout Auckland continue to be at crisis levels.