“Nobody died because of lack of empathy”: Auckland mayor Wayne Brown | Q+A 2023
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- Auckland mayor Wayne Brown joins Q+A for an exclusive interview about the report into Auckland’s deadly flooding, along with his plan to fix the problems that were shown up
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Brown inherited a crappy situation. He can't fix it overnight!
I am sick of leaders being “kind” as the city becomes increasingly dysfunctional. I voted for this guy because we really needed someone in charge who would be a disrupter and give the system a good kicking to get things moving, without asking for another report to cover up incompetence.
At the moment he seems to be doing that. I hope he manages to bring in the changes and get rid of the deadwood. If he can do that in one term then he can retire with pride.
As for the media individuals who wanted the other guy as Mayor and slagged off at Brown for being old, white, grumpy, incompetent etc.,but now write sob articles about him not talking to you, suck it up! He said you were useless and he couldn’t be bothered giving you interviews because you were stupidand he had better things to do. That’s what is happening. You now can see what you are missing.
If Wayne was left wing the media would give him a wholesome nick name and sing his praises
Competent leadership is preferable to "empathy," which is the kind of quality a politician with no ability whatsoever attributes to themselves.
I don't believe Jack was worried about empathy - he was trying to get Mayor Brown to personally admit that it was the council's fault these people died... completely untrue. 1 died trying to help others, 1 died after being trapped in a house collapse, 1 died after being washed away, 1 chose to just have some fun, being the adventurer he was and so tragically passed. How is this directly the sitting mayor or the council's fault? Yes one death was too many but it could have been so much worse... and the outgoing mayor should bow his head in shame for not implementing anything in the 2016 report. If Mayor Brown says he's onto it, let him get on with it. It's more than we've had for a while. As for cuts in the budget, the 'nice to have' needs to go for a while, so we can fix the obvious - if you want the 'nice to haves'... as a community we need to get them the old fashioned way in the interim and fundraise for them. Not expect council's to provide everything. Go back to essential services and fix the city. I remember when communities banded together to build children's playgrounds, community halls and centres were fundraised for and built by local companies. There always seems to be more people expecting handouts by council's... Auckland is not what it used to be. The supercity is just too big and in my opinion should never have been created. I'm sad, I'm tired of the blame game, get it fixed. Rant over!
Yep lets get rid of the nice-to-haves - like providing free parking for people.
@@420jont not what I meant.
@@420jont nail on the head there, mate. "oh I didn't mean free parking" 😂
About 25 minutes trying to rubbish a guy whose been in the job for a few months. Five minutes to hear his plans for the future. Nothing asked of what Goff did in six years. Jack spending so much time trying to get Wayne to say "sorry." Talk about woke New Zealand media and interviewer. Time I suppose for woke Government to give them a few more million dollars?!
Beat the drum of an empathic platitude, Jack Tame. Is that all you can focus on at the beginning? This makes you look a completely woke drongo. Initially, it is an attempted beat up of the one elected official who has mapped out a clear course of action within a very short space of time to address the systemic failure of the organization he is clearly focussed on fixing. Ask about the steps he is suggesting to map a course of action out of this mess and focus on the real issues so he gets some support to get on with it.
I hope they defund these clowns when Labour gets the boot
To quote Donald Rumsfeld: "In this world there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult ones."
Ifyyn
What a shame Jack, you use to be such a good reporter and interviewer!
Watching this interview made me a fan of Wayne Brown. Jack Tame got owned!
'I'm not a hugger'😂
I think Wayne is going to turn out to be a great mayor. He's too busy doing his job to be woke
ask some real questions Jack, What have you learned about leadership? Good on you Wayne, go you good thing you
Wayne brown is doing a great job , no wonder he dosnt like the media, jack the lefty couldn’t leave the woke empathy alone , brown answered the question honestly but jack couldn’t accept browns answer
If anything highlights the woeful mainstream media we have in this country this is it, so puerile from Jack. Seems it's more about him and his anti Wayne agenda than any forward movement discussion for Auckland. I feel sorry for Wayne Brown having to put up with this banal stupidity. I hope Jack can learn from this, we know he likes the sound of his own voice, either that or he finds another job.
It's called journalism 🙄
@@stephenlennon7369 This is not journalism it's called a witch hunt
@@stephenlennon7369 Junkism........and we all know that.
@@stephenlennon7369 journalism is sadly lacking a thing called truth. integrity. moral code. empathy. positivity.
Mainstream muppet media only knows disinformation, tabloid sensationalism, arse kissing for the next round of funding.
Incompetant Government and woke agendas pushing their own barrows. Current journalism is at an all time low.
Shame on you.
No wonder Wayne Brown called someone in the media a drongo. Why stop at just one. Interviewing at it’s pettiest.
Wayne Brown was Far North Mayor and the best thing he done was get voted out... now he's Auckland's problem... good luck with that.. Northlanders are glad to be rid of him..
Why is NZ media sooooooo poor?
Here we go again. More concern about being kind and empathetic rather than getting on and getting the job done! This is the whole problem with NZ now, as a nation we are more concerned with "being kind" rather than fixing the issues with competent people. These councils around the country have been filled with employees based on ideology and diversity rather than competent people who can call a spade a spade and get on with it. In fact, most Govt departments are full of people who border on incompetence.
If you can't acknowledge and fix your own errors then how can you fix a city
People can't acknowledge that Phil Goff and the current ceo had no civil defense plan and ignored recommendations as far back as 2016. Why can't people like you & the media acknowledge that? As Wayne said, you actually have to be passed the ball to be able to drop it. Auckland is lucky to have Wayne as opposed to his predecessor. Wayne will actually do what is needed
@@southpacific222 Wayne will do what is needed? He didn't do what was needed in that moment. Even without the ball being passed to him he could have addressed Aucklanders with basic guidance on the night not pass the blame ball to others. I never said the previous mayor was better.
@@Nicole.1828 And how was he meant to have done that when No one who was meant to have known what was going on told him what was going on. The guy responsible, told Wayne there was some flooding then went home! Even the bloody met service didn't warn anyone how bad it was. No one told him. And you're all trying to crucify the guy. Wayne will actually fix what Phil Goff and the previous council failed to do in the first place NOW that he knows the appalling state the previous mayor left the civil defense in.
I'm not a hugger drongo😂
Wayne is doing better than any Auckland mayor in recent memory. I like how Wayne is making Jack look like an idiot.
I'd rather have someone in power who takes actions rather than sweet talk(empathize) his way out.
Yup would be great if Wayne would take some action, any action, please. lmfao
I want someone in power who fronts up, accepts the buck stops with him and move on.
The 'get off my lawn' crowd is out in force
Why don’t community groups fundraise instead of waiting for handouts
The captain goes down with the ship. Take responsibility for the job you are being paid for! Not that I agree with all the news Brown is more fake!
There wasn't much empathy for Wayne inheriting a train wreck of a council
Wayne is the train wreck
@@stormgainmedia Not according to the 186k people in auckland that voted for him and the countless people around the country that also support him.
@@southpacific222 I can guarantee you that the majority of those voters will be disappointed in his performance on that night, and they way he has conducted himself since. He needed to just front up, say ultimately the buck stops with him stop throwing everyone else under the bus and move on, but he can't do that and that makes him a poor leader.
@@stormgainmedia You can't accept that other people were at fault for this because of your personal bias towards Wayne. He will be the only one that gets this fixed after Phil Goff and council absolutely screwed this up. He said what was meant to be implemented back in 2016 will be done in 6 months.
@@southpacific222 Clearly the council is a shambles we were sold a lie I accept that. This council is arrogant and bloated. The issue I have is it is the Mayors role and responsibility to call a state of emergency. We elect Leaders to be just that, he can say he was taking advice all he wants end of the day the buck stops with him, if he doesn't have the Mana or the strength to turn around and say to those people he thinks they are wrong or he is making a decision then that's on him end of story. Yes he was handed a bullshit council with terrible infrastructure and he knew this going into it. But if he is unable to make the hard decisions in times of need what use is he. I get it he has been given the worst hospital pass and he had no support on that evening so that's why he should have called it as soon as those reports started coming in he could have called a state of emergency and done all he can to get that message out and what ever happened after that then we could say he done his best. I never got the message about a state of emergency that night until about 1030pm it has stopped raining by then most people were already in undated. I was at work at around 7pm and already was seeing footage that would suggest that this was a big one. I don't have any bias against this Mayor I wish him all the best my only view point is that he handled things that night terribly.
I'd have Wayne as my mayor in a heartbeat
Why?
for a start Jack is a paid of leftwing media,and lacks basic general knowledge,he might grow up,when hes 60yrs maybe
@@stephenlennon7369 You wouldn't understand Stephen
It is good to see him speaking and sharing thoughts.
Jack Tame stop being a muppet 😂
Well done Wayne
Somebody please buy the interviewer a puppy called empathy so he can go and cuddle it in the corner and then be able to focus on relevant questions
He is truly the worst. Glad I got out of auckland while I did. Jfc.
not a fair go there again nz media
Jack wasted so much time attacking Brown over empathy, he showed no empathy and isn’t doing anything but stirring. TVNZ has long lost the plot in regards to reporting, and they are only getting worse, they need a good wake up call. And I’m not even a fan of Brown but this is clearly character assassination and not reporting. No interest in anything other than to point a finger and get a scape goat. No interest in the 2016 report which is far damming, based on this and many other stories, it is my view TVNZ should have all funding revoked.
Absolutely Dave
TVNZ Training Vehicle for Numbskulled Zealots!🤪
Unfair to blame Wayne Brown and the Civil Defence when this possibly may of been a hundred year event that just happened in 2023.
what would jack do??????
Wow he is unlikable
I know Jack is awful
@@southpacific222 Jack is doing what a journalist is meant to and holding politicians to account, Wayne is lashing out lmao
@@RJH755 Too late starting to hold politicians to account as soon as Cindy has run away leaving a complete mess. I think people have more than enough "empathy" over the last 5 years as a substitute for competent leadership.
@@asongforsimeon4310 IMO Jacinda has been a mixed bag overall but she deserves a lot of criticism for how little she did to help during the cost of living crisis the past 2 years of so
Bro what money when dad died that money for the 51 funerals in chch
1. Don't assume, 2. You can't say the council is bad but "assume they knew what they were doing. We elect Leaders to be leaders.
Wayne Brown was deliberately kept in the dark and out of the information loop. WHY? Whose adgenda was it to screw the mayor by keeping him ignorant?
Not a productive interview trying to find fault and pointing the finger where no person is to blame for an unprecedented event. Seems the interviewer is out of order making no sense at all of this nit picking dirt digging interview.
Let's face it, no one does a good job and shows good leadership in a disaster. Move on people!
This mayor has my respe t young journalist asks
A question but does not give anytime to reply hmm😅 so is media behind mis construed expectations?????????????
Mind you the mayors crack about yesterday FM was bloody funny
Should have... Would have.. Could have... whatever....
Wayne's a champ, I'm a fan, he's crack up and a national treasure. 👍😜🤣👌 I would vote for him if I was a JAFA ahaha. He's a good fella. Jack lame was not interviewing Wayne Brown, Wayne Brown was schooling lameo-tameo ahahha 👌
The media in general have a lot to answer themselves…so many lies these past years ….so many unaddressed issues.
Tame was a disgrace. He was obviously out to get the mayor who, it appears, was grossly let down by his staff.
Jack was embarassing himself during this interview, he clearly has something against the Mayor, who is working very hard for the people of Auckland , and doing a great job at what he said he would do
I dont understand Wayne
If TVNZ wanted to appear neutral then finding a better headline than that would go a long way.
Narcissist bat it all off to everyone else?
Not so bad on a second listen. Initally shell shocked by focus on "showing empathy" as leadership.
Stand your ground Wayne. You did your best at the time. Jack Tame would not last a day doing your job.
When Jack Tame said ‘I’m a rates payer’ Wayne should of got him with ‘I wouldn’t know if you pay rates but I know you didn’t vote for me to be your mayor’ Wayne handled himself very well.
If that's his best I'd hate to see his worst
Bro, Wayne Brown is a truly horrific mayor. The dudes ego is the size of Jupiter. He is already sending Auckland backwards. Auckland is not a global city, and Wayne Brown is doing the best to keep it that way
Real question What things has he really changed in Auckland?
What lollies wayne
Boomer circlejerk in the comments
Go Wayne!
Tame you drongo
Lack of empathy is one thing, replaced by cheap jokes like "Yesterday FM" is another
Thanks Jack for Catching Wayne
Tamihere SHOULD have been mayor. ha ha ha
Wayne brown is the best mayor in the country
How is Wayne Brown is the best mayor in the country when he hasn't done anything ?
I agree. I'd have him as my mayor.
Buhahaha keep the jokes coming lol 😂
I dont have a sister wayne she dead
I'm sorry this is absolutely horrendous. The mayor can't answer a question correctly. People going at Jack Tame in the comments when he is only doing his job which is to ask the tough questions. Mayor Brown needs some media training. He is just all over the place. I understand if people think it's a joke and funny but this is about our city and we need much much better than this.
"Media training" just teaches politicians how to talk at length without actually saying anything.
This was painfull to watch. Talk about a clash of cultures! Tame is the modern non male style man who obsesses about emotions. He argues like a woman who must always be right. Brown is old style and concerned with ponly with facts and reality. He argues by repeating those facts that he considers most important and relevant. Tame ignores the facts because they do not fit his narrative. Brown ignores the emotions because, presumably "...he has a job to do" and no time for drama. The longer the interview lasted the worse it got. Both sides will think they won. The public however will think they lost, and the public are right. The public lost.
What a stu pid miso gynistic comment. Wayne was spot on, Jack is just a green voting petu lant child. Are you related to that low life philip arps?
What would Jack do? He would put on a yellow vest and travel around the city with a TV crew hugging crying women. He would be kind and compassionate. He would say all the right things. Then he would go home and check his favourability ratings. Job done.
@@brianarps8756 Your misogynistic references are telling of your character Brian and being related to the white supremacist philip arps. Jack is a child snd acts like one, what's your excuse?
Tame a disgrace. Who and what is he trying to blame. So obvious he wants to shame and blame the mayor. Long term roots of wrong choices. Get rid of tame. Pride obscures honesty disgusting interview Get rid of tame
Agree
Agree
What a woke interviewer
What a limp interviewee that's your go to when you don't meet the mark is blame everyone else and call everyone woke.
@@stormgainmedia But Jack is woke. It's just stating facts.
@@southpacific222 Yeah that's what you say when they ask tough questions. The Mayor had his permanent possum in the headlight face on.
@@southpacific222 His other face is when he makes a dip shit remark when he is trying to throw someone else under the bus for his failings.
@@stormgainmedia Tough questions 😂. Jack is a petulant child. Maybe he'll mature in another 10 years or so but for the time being he's nothing but a green voting journalist living in a woke idealistic bubble.
Joe Biden 2.0
Wellington Council just increased the rates by 13%, so why can't Auckland do the same thing?
Because Wellington Council are a laughing stock.
@Amanda
And how are people in auckland going to afford 13%! That's crazy, people are already struggling. And what do you mean JUST!? Do you have any idea how much JUST 13% will cost struggling households? Obviously not, or you just don't care.
@@southpacific222 'just' means they did it recently; it's not a comment on the increase itself.
We voted for a left-wing mayor who (theoretically) cares about the people... I'd say the families who don't own homes are struggling more than those who own property.
If people wanted it to be fair, then they should increase it more in the affluent areas so that the less affluent areas can have a smaller increase.
@@amandariddell Or we should cut wasteful spending esp on overpaid city councillors who do nothing but waste rate payers money.
Affluent people as you stated already pay more rates as it's based on valuation of the property.
Your veiw of people who don't own homes are worse off then home owners is simplistic. There are as many different financial situations as there are home owners.
There's an awful lot of elderly that own there own home but have no money but the pension and any rate rise with make them lose their home.
There are also a lot of renters that rent by choice and have good jobs and have a lot of disposable income.
There are also a lot of young families that have borrowed up to their eyeballs to get into their first home and with cost of living, mortgage rates and threats like 13% rate rise will be enough to tip these poor people into losing their homes. And if they are forced to sell they won't get a good price for their home and will end up still in debt after the house sells. Homeless & in debt.
You obviously don't own a house and just listen to the stupid media & politician rhetoric about how all home owners are rich blah blah blah. What a load of irresponsible disinformation.
Kiwis including home owners are hurting out there, Wayne knows that and is trying to help them.
And if rates go up , rent will go up as well.
Well if they had some warning about the weather conditions that were on there Way the Council would have a better understanding of what was happening its not the Mayors fault Jack stop trying to pre load questions he's alot more smarter than you will ever be.
At least he apologised ... i appreciate it Mayor Brown
As an arm of Government AKL CC has a moral responsibility to keep rate rises to the target inflation band of 1 to 3%. Rates can be kept down by sliding out the capital program as any rational business would do.
Auckland is a a regional council not a city council.
@@chrismckellar9350 actually, they are a unitary authority, meaning they cover the responsibilities of regional and city/district councils.
@@merp1998 - I know that.
I am with Mayor Brown. Empathy without doing any action is nothing. Empathy has nothing to do with competence.
Public Assets should be retained. The total airport , harbour and even Mercury should be owned by Auckland City. Control key assets.
Please TVNZ, replace this interviewer so NZ can enjoy quality journalism on state television. Read the comments to see how sick kiwis are of point-scoring, woke, petty television journalists, especially this one.
Wayne Brown must have learnt leadership at Trump University 😂
Because he's more successful than you?
What a dumb ass comment. You don't like him, so you compare him to trump? What's the matter with you?
Completely agree. Wayne's fixation with defending himself and chucking anyone within arm's reach under the bus to achieve it reminded me more of Trump's leadership style than anyone else.
@@lhc2462 There was no civil defense plan because Phil Goff didn't implement one even though he was told to in 2016. Wayne brown had been there for only a few months before this disaster and the ceo who was meant to have informed him of what was happening told Wayne there was a bit of flooding and went home! Why isn't he and Phil Goff being crucified by the likes you and this ridiculous msm made u of petulant children calling themselves journalists. At least Wayne will implement what was recommended in 2016...7 years ago!
A bully…
Jack's questions aren't even difficult but Wayne can't help lashing out in defence at all of them. It'd be hilariously pathetic if he wasn't the mayor.
Are you watching a different video to the rest of us, or are you just allowing your bias to get in the way of facts??
@@southpacific222 Do you even live in Auckland?
University says it all
@@neilstanley5565 A carpentry apprenticeship and a ute for every man, woman and child in New Zealand. Wayne Brown's idea of paradise.
@@university8035 Que?
Best of luck Wayne to 'fix up' a dysfunctional a 'regional' style city, especially since most Councillors don't support you.
Well that's factually incorrect as there is a even split within the council.
@@southpacific222 - It still make it hard for him to 'fix' Auckland despite all his noise.
@@chrismckellar9350 So that let's you spout disinformation?. He had enough support and the casting vote to leave Local Government NZ didn't he.
@@southpacific222 - what has Wayne Brown fixed other than calling for a report that most people knew what the out come will be.
What money in the bank wayne
Jack Tame interview style got a lot worse after this, watch his other shows leading up to 2023 election, his interview style was like a bully by cutting interviewer off and made the politicians say what he wanted to hear. well done 👍🏻 Wayne
TVNZ and Jack Tame, so embarassing if you think this is how media should be working in 2023. No wonder I cant be bothered watching your shows.
he needs media training urgently. I think the problem likely is that he is unable to assess himself and have insight into his need
You think training would fix this? The man needs educating
@@stephens896 that too! but i fear his ego is too large for that
Yeah, nah. He's doing just fine.
Agree This is a bad interview by Jack..... he normally usnt this bad though.
"What have you learnt about leadership?" is a question of the same category as, "do you still beat your wife?" It makes an unwarranted assumption. And this is a very bad interview. Empathy is a useless emotion. It does nothing. Solves nothing. Better people who solve problems and don't go around beating an emotional drum.
The video gets a thumbs down because of the interviewer being an emotionalist child who hasn't done his research and doesn't know what the job of a mayor is. He seems intend only on somehow crucifying the interviewee. This other man gets a thumps up for being a rational adult.
Can he remove those stupid road narrowing, open sewer planter pipes put along Queen St by useless Phil Goffs council so we can have our Santa Parade back please?
Go Wayne... What is a "roadcone"
Hes tidying up Phil Goofs last council and ATs mess, good to see
Oh yeah totally agree, let the budget and spending get out of control. Hand the problem over to the next mayor
totally,lefties always leave a mess,just look at our GDP,worse that Greece,theres a start
Least Goff wouldn’t be out playing tennis while he was meant to be managing preparations for a severe weather event response
@@jtonline99 What are you talking about. There was no civil defense defense plan because Phil Goff didn't implement one even though he was told to in 2016! Goff was to busy running up masses of debt and paying his mates on the council obscene amount of money. Wake up Jazza and see the truth.