Your Honour?

Lou Brown

Te Awamutu councillor Lou Brown is well known as a councillor who shows great respect – and he took it to a new level at a full council meeting this week – referring to Waipa mayor Jim Mylchreest as Your Honour rather than Your Worship on three occasions.

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