Would Len Brown make a good Super City Mayor?

10:04 AM Tuesday Jun 15, 2010

Photo / Janna Dixon, Herald on Sunday

Len Brown is a mayor under stress, say colleagues, but the man himself insists a self-inflicted chest and head beating on Tuesday night was nothing more than a Maori gesture.

During a speech in which he apologised to Manukau City councillors for credit card breaches, Mr Brown said that last Friday morning he went down to Howick and sat on the main street. Then just stood there.

Mr Brown declined to comment on his state of mind, but his mayoral campaign spokesman David Lewis said he was back on an even keel yesterday after a "highly stressful day" on Tuesday.

Debate on this topic is now closed. Here is a selection of Your Views:

Pips (Auckland Central) | 10:37AM Tuesday, 15 Jun 2010

I will be voting for Len Brown - So what if he's bought his lunch on his card more often than not - there's got to be some perks to the job. Unfortunately I think whats happening here is Len's opponents are trying to take him down a peg or two - and I for one won't be buying into it.

My2BobsWorth (Whanganui) | 10:53AM Tuesday, 15 Jun 2010

Another media beat up over trivial matters. Brown did not steal anything, he made good on an administrative oversight. We (read journos) sure sweat the small stuff.

Lets move on to some of the real issues besetting NZ.

Kiwifirst (New Zealand) | 11:13AM Tuesday, 15 Jun 2010

The only smear going on here is Len Brown using his ratepayer funded credit card to smear food and drink all over the town. If he can't be trusted to use a credit card I won't be trusting him with my rates as Mayor!