Line-up of 'sock puppets' funded at $1.7 million ratepayer cost
Council funds groups such as the Bibliographical Society of Australia and NZ and the UK Institute for Archaeology.
Sally Lindsay Thu, 31 Mar 2016
Auckland Council is to retain its membership of the Property Council – and Auckland ratepayers are forking out for membership of up to 287 lobby groups and professional associations at about $1.7 million a year.
A move to torpedo the council’s $37,500 a year corporate membership of the Property
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