John Tamihere received $100,000 from the Waipareira Trust where he is chief executive in his failed bid to win the Auckland Mayoralty.
The electoral returns show Tamihere spent $498,609 on his campaign, about $60,000 more than the $436,300 spent by Goff, who won by nearly 100,000 votes.
Te Whanau o Waipareira chairman Raymond Hall said the trust was proud to have supported Tamihere in his bid for the leadership of Auckland, saying it had never resiled from the right to participate in the democratic process.
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He said under Goff's leadership, Auckland Council had placed a cap on social housing on public land, rates have increased with knock-on effects for rents gouging the income of the poor, and petrol prices have risen, affecting vulnerable communities.