Former NZ First MP gets CCO position

Former NZ First MP Tukoroirangi Morgan has been appointed to the new Auckland property council controlled organisation (CCO).

Mr Morgan, who chairs Waikato-Tainui Te Arataura, said he was looking forward to ensuring that Maori interests and values were represented.

"We may have lost the battle for reserved Maori seats around the Super City Council table but these appointments... mean a small victory in the ongoing war for Maori representation at the highest levels of decision making," he said.

Te Arataura member Rukumoana Schaafhausen has been appointed to the regional facilities CCO.

- NZPA