Should Auckland City Council spend $120,000 on a history of itself?

The Auckland City Council building. Photo / Neville Marriner

Opinion

Auckland City intends spending $120,000 on a history of itself, in a swansong that minority councillors fear will glorify the ruling Citizens and Ratepayers faction.

The council's finance and strategy committee voted yesterday to seek expressions of interest for the work, to cover the period since the local government reforms of 1989.

But the idea has infuriated the left-wing City Vision faction, which would rather see the money spent on furniture for Aotea Square shaped like "critters" - an American term that generally refers to domestic animals such as cows, horses or mules.

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