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Waitakere City Councillor Ewen Gilmour has resigned from the council for personal and business reasons.
His wife Cathy has been ill for several months and he wants to devote more time and energy helping her through what he describes as a very tough time.
Mr Gilmour, who is better known as a stand-up comedian, was elected to Waitakere's Henderson ward in 2004.
- NEWSTALK ZB
