Mike Lee (New Zealand politician)

Mike Lee (New Zealand politician)
Councillor Michael (Mike) Lee
Chairman of the Auckland Regional Council
In office
2004 – 31 October 2010
Succeeded by Position abolished
Councillor, Waitemata and Gulf Ward, Auckland Council
In office
31 October 2010 – 2013
Preceded by Position created
Personal details
Nationality New Zealand
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations
Alliance Party (formerly)
Website Mike Lee's blog

Michael (Mike) Lee is a councillor on the Auckland Council and the former chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, both in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] He chairs the transport committee of Auckland Council, and sits on the board of Auckland Transport.[2]

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Political life

Auckland Council
Years
Ward
Affiliation
2010–2013 Waitemata and Gulf Independent

He was first elected to the Auckland Regional Council in a by-election in 1992 and was elected chairman in 2004.[3]

He has held the position of parks chairman (the Council operated a number of regional parks),[4] and oversaw the acquisition of substantial further parkland by the Council during his time.[3] He wrote his thesis on such matters as land titles on Hauraki Gulf islands.[5]

He counts helping to stop the privatisation of Ports of Auckland as one of his major early influences at the Council.[3]

In his time before coming to chair the Council, he was at times called a 'maverick' for opposing the more conservative elements on the Council.[4]

With the amalgamation of his Council into the Auckland Council, he was elected in the Waitemata and Gulf ward as a councillor.[1] He has been very critical of the form of the new Council as created by the Fifth National Government (though he supported the creation of the Council itself), and especially of the creation of large business-like council-controlled organisations (CCOs) to manage substantial parts of the Council-owned assets and services at arm's length from actual Council control.[6]

Private life

Lee was married to Sandra Lee-Vercoe. They separated in 1992.[7]

References

External links


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