resigned from her job at ILT Stadium Southland because she felt unsafe after comments from a sitting Invercargill City councillor<\/a>.<\/p>\nCorrespondence about the incident, including her resignation letter and details of a hushed up deal, was released under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.<\/p>\n
In her resignation letter, the 18-year-old said Nigel Skelt – who was stadium manager at the time – suggested she would enjoy jelly wrestling naked and she was “a bikini and beach type of girl”, which unsettled her.<\/p>\n
Nigel Skelt and his family did not wish to make further comment, the council said.<\/p>\n
The council said the by-election was expected to cost approximately $120,000.<\/p>\n
The last by-election was in 2020-2021 following the resignation of Toni Biddle.<\/p>\n
More to come…<\/i><\/p>\n
Source:RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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