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Penny Bright's Auckland Council defamation claim survives

Penny Bright is seeking $350,000 in damages for comments made by Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town.

Hamish McNicol
Mon, 14 Mar 2016

A defamation claim brought by Penny Bright, perennial activist, Auckland mayoralty candidate, and self-described “fulltime public watchdog,” has lived to fight another day.

Ms Bright is suing Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town for allegedly defamatory comments he made in a press release

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Hamish McNicol
Mon, 14 Mar 2016
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