Auckland mayoral challenger questions Wayne Brown’s chief of staff’s $560,000 liquidation

The first report by liquidators Steven Khov and Kieran Jones on June 11 shows the company had no assets at the date of liquidation, and the sole creditor was Inland Revenue, owed $559,739.

Brown has asked the council’s chief executive, Phil Wilson, to look into the situation.

Wilson said yesterday that neither he nor the mayor was aware of the company’s existence or its subsequent liquidation.

Singh told Newsroom the existence of his business interest had been declared to the council, but not its liquidation.

Leoni said today the issue was no minor footnote.

“The liquidation of a company with $560,000 in liabilities under the stewardship of someone…