In an odd coincidence, in the same month Dave Burnett unexpectedly resigned as Tauranga Chamber of Commerce chief executive, his long-serving predecessor Max Mason announced his own resignation from his new role as village manager of Bob Owens Retirement Village.
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Mr Burnett had spent just 11 months in the job, and Mr Mason a little more than a year.
Mr Mason told the Bay of Plenty Times the decision was forced on him by a change in family circumstances.
His wife Helen, the chief operating officer of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board, was named a New Zealand Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice for 2014-15. She is currently completing her research project in Boston, US at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.