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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
Molloy said polls suggested he would not win the election.
Withdrawing was the "right thing to do for the city", he said.
"I'm deciding to withdraw immediately and, in doing so, potentially help other candidates - who won't do as a good a job as I would have - but at least will be better than the dispiriting status quo we've had under Phil Goff and this Labour mayoralty," Molloy said in a statement.
"Cowboys don't cry. I'm getting on with my other life as a hospo legend," the statement said.
Molloy did not endorse another candidate but said he may do so once he had scrutinised their policies in more detail.
He hinted at a run in 2025 and said he had no regrets.
The Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance-Curia poll released today had Efeso Collins leading with 22.3 percent of the vote, among those who had decided.
Incumbent Phil Goff is handing over the chains after six years in office.
Molloy said polls suggested he would not win the election.
Withdrawing was the "right thing to do for the city", he said.
"I'm deciding to withdraw immediately and, in doing so, potentially help other candidates - who won't do as a good a job as I would have - but at least will be better than the...
Molloy said polls suggested he would not win the election.
Withdrawing was the "right thing to do for the city", he said.
"I'm deciding to withdraw immediately and, in doing so, potentially help other candidates - who won't do as a good a job as I would have - but at least will be better than the dispiriting status quo we've had under Phil Goff and this Labour mayoralty," Molloy said in a statement.
"Cowboys don't cry. I'm getting on with my other life as a hospo legend," the statement said.
Molloy did not endorse another candidate but said he may do so once he had scrutinised their policies in more detail.
He hinted at a run in 2025 and said he had no regrets.
The Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance-Curia poll released today had Efeso Collins leading with 22.3 percent of the vote, among those who had decided.
Incumbent Phil Goff is handing over the chains after six years in office.
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