5 Apr 2023

Gore council CEO in role until 2025, despite no talk with mayor

From Checkpoint, 6:19 pm on 5 April 2023

One of the men at the centre of the stand off at Gore District Council was given a two year contract extension just days before a new council was picked.

Chief executive Stephen Parry is no longer on speaking terms with the new mayor, Ben Bell. And both are now in place until 2025, when the next elections will be held.

Timothy Brown explains.