Whangārei District councillor Jayne Golightly is understood to have apologised after her partner used a car displaying her council parking permit to allegedly park unlawfully in the city centre.
It is also alleged her partner David Blackley, a former Whangārei mayoral candidate, spoke inappropriately to council parking warden staff issuing the resulting parking infringement ticket.
The car Blackley drove was alleged to have been parked on dotted yellow no-parking lines in Rust Ave, Whangārei, in the week leading up to Christmas. The car was allegedly unwarranted and unregistered at the time.
He allegedly got a $60 parking offence ticket from WDC parking warden staffing contractor Armourguard for the Rust Ave infringement. The car was also alleged to have been ticketed by WDC parking warden staff several days previously for being unwarranted and unregistered, clocking up a total of $400 in fines - $200 for each count - on that occasion.
Council chief executive Rob Forlong refused to confirm the name of the councillor or their partner.