![]() ![]() ![]() I stand by my previous apology to Aucklanders.”Īuckland Mayor Wayne Brown has apologised for his handling of the disaster. ![]() I have acknowledged that I dropped the ball that night – the communications weren’t fast enough, and I was too slow to be seen. “Four people lost their lives, and hundreds have lost their homes. “The tragic events of January 27 have affected us all deeply,” Brown said. In a statement, Brown said he accepts the recommendations of the independent review and will work to ensure the panel’s recommendations are implemented. Mayor Wayne Brown: ‘I dropped the ball that night’ “We have been unable to locate documents that indicate a briefing to the incoming Mayor by the Civil Defence Emergency Management Committee or co-ordinating executive group, between his assumption of office in October 2022 and the event of 27 January 2023, as to what was expected of the mayor during an emergency,” the report said. “While the council has been generous with the release of documents, we are also not convinced we have seen all relevant materials, given the rapid timeframe of the review The changes recommended in the report should “start tomorrow”, Bush said.īush said only a coroner could determine whether or not the four lives lost in the floods could have been prevented by an earlier response from authorities.Īuckland’s mayor was widely criticised for the slowness of his public response to the downpour and the eventual decision to place the Auckland region in a state of emergency after 10pm when flooding was already widespread across the city.īush said Brown failed to provide public support and share vital information to Aucklanders during the flood.Īsked why the mayor wasn’t at today’s press conference, Bush said that was a question for Brown, adding he did not expect him to be at the media conference.īush qualified the review team’s findings, saying the review was always intended to be a short, sharp, ‘rapid’ examination of what happened during a crucial time in Auckland’s history. He said the 17 recommendations in the report should be implemented shortly. The flood was an important “wake up call” for Auckland Council and its civil defence and emergency management team, Bush said. ![]() Emergency responders and everyday Auckanders were described by Bush as the "true heroes". ![]()
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