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Auckland Harbour bridge - Source: ONE News
Labour is alarmed the Prime Minister has voiced his preference about who should be mayor of the new Auckland super city.
John Key reportedly endorsed John Banks as a candidate to be the new mayor of the council during a National Party Convention.
Labour's Auckland issues spokesman Phil Twyford says it casts doubt on the integrity of the government's reform process. He says it politicises the process and people could be forgiven for thinking the whole thing is about the National Party installing its mates to run the super city.
Twyford says the government's agenda is a right-wing takeover of the Auckland region's biggest city.
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