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How did Wayne Brown win so well and Efeso Collins lose so badly?

Simon Wilson
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Senior Writer·NZ Herald·
23 mins to read

Fa’anana Efeso Collins, in his mid-40s, is an experienced council politician with a charismatic touch. He belongs to the party that has easily won all four previous Super City mayoral elections. The election was his to lose and he lost it.

How did Auckland not elect its first next-generation, Pasifika mayor?

Wayne Brown had been semi-retired for 10 years. He’s a Pākehā businessman in his mid-70s with a controversial record in local-body politics, public entity governance and Government relations. He

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