Des Morrison is a New Zealand politician who was an

Auckland Council Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...

lor.

Early years

Morrison is of

Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi (or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2018 New Zealand census, the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 165, ...

descent and attended

Pukekohe High School Pukekohe High School is a high school in Pukekohe in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. House system There are five Houses at Pukekohe High School, which are: Day House named after Dr. Paul Day who became an Honorary Doctor at the University ...

Political career

Morrison was a

Franklin District Council Franklin District was a New Zealand territorial authority that lay between the Auckland metropolitan area and the Waikato Plains. As a formal territory it was abolished on 31 October 2010 and divided between Auckland Council in the Auckland Reg ...

lor between 2004 and 2010. In the 2010 Auckland Council elections Morrison was elected as the member for the Franklin ward. In 2012 he resigned from the renamed

Communities and Residents Communities and Residents (C&R) is a right-leaning local body ticket in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formed in 1938 as Citizens & Ratepayers, with a view to controlling the Auckland City Council and preventing left-leaning Labour Party contr ...

, claiming that they were too urban-centric and he wanted to focus on rural issues before retiring in 2013.Councillor quits 'too urban' C&R
''New Zealand Herald'', 16 November 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Des Living people Auckland Councillors Māori politicians People educated at Pukekohe High School Year of birth missing (living people)