Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

What the weather brought to vast parts of predominantly the North Island over the long weekend will hopefully not be seen again for a very long time.   Something else I hope not to see for a very long time is the attitude portrayed by our leader, the mayor of Auckland who told us that it wasn’t his job to get out there with a bucket.  It was an interesting thing to hear Mayor Brown say, when clearly there have been several mayors over the years who’ve done that: rolled up their sleeves and just got stuck in.   We’ve had a mayor who famously towed his concrete mixer on the back of the mayoral car.   Why? Because many of our elected leaders have or have had fantastic work ethics, which is one of the fundamental reasons they got voted in.   Surely it’s important to be seen being an active and integral part of your community, whether that’s a small town or a super city.    On Saturday, Wayne Brown went on the defence, saying the response to Friday's storm took a lot of concentration, happened quickly and the resp