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Ex-Mayor admits to using cellphone while driving

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Ex-Mayor admits to using cellphone while driving

| New Zealand News | Tuesday February 19 2013 8:23

Former top cop turned Auckland Council member George Wood's prolific Facebooking has landed him in trouble.

The New Zealand Herald reports that he posted a picture of the Tino Rangatiratanga and New Zealand flags flying from the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Waitangi Day.

Now Mr Wood, also ex-Mayor of the former North Shore City, has admitted he took it while driving.

He says he did not know the rules - which were introduced long after he resigned from the police force.

Mr Wood says his cellphone is on a hands-free kit in his car, and he simply pointed it at the flags to get the picture.

Using your mobile while driving can land you an $80.00 fine and 30 demerit points, but the police are unlikely to act.

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