According to sources Len Brown will not be standing in the upcoming Auckland Super City mayoral election.

According to Brown himself the decision to abstain from the next election relates in no way to his past indulging of adulterous indiscretion/s which as we should all recall, came perilously close to ensuring that he didn’t even carry out a second term…

Seemingly the stigma that Brown singlehandedly hoisted and carried throughout that second mayoral election in 2013 was a great deal less cumbersome than New Zealand media tried to have us believe.

…As it transpired however Auckland voters are quite a bit more discerning than – certainly I but I guess – most people gave them credit for; indeed basing an electoral vote on mayoral rather than extracurricular performance produced an outcome that few saw coming.

Against many odds Mayor Len Brown has officiated over Auckland Super City for two terms; alas there will be no third.

Article by Tim Walker

Edited by Baba Bevan

Photography by Neo Moore-Perks