Whangārei district councillor Jayne Golightly will publicly apologise next week after being found in breach of her organisation’s code of conduct.
She will apologise at a full council meeting on Thursday for breaching the code of conduct for elected members and for any stress caused to her fellow 13 elected representatives.
The Whangārei urban general ward councillor’s apology comes after an investigation by independent investigator and Auckland barrister James Chrichton following a complaint to the council from a member of the public, Terry Burkhardt, over a radio interview in November last year.
Golightly, in her third council term, admitted revealing information from an earlier confidential council meeting to radio host Sean Plunket on his internet radio show The Platform. This regarded litigation between the council and Whangārei contractor Jimmy Daisley.
Golightly said she will read out a short statement to the meeting.