A new Government appointee to Hawke's Bay Airport will be announced this week, say the mayors of Napier and Hastings.
Bill Dalton and Lawrence Yule issued a joint statement in response to comments by airport services campaigner and Hastings District Council member Simon Nixon, in a Hawke's Bay Today "Talking Point" column published on Saturday.
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Mr Nixon said local councils should have been told about the new Government appointee to the board.
However, the mayors said as it was a Government representative on the board it was "a Crown process and nothing to do with councils".