Auckland Council's boss has defended going home the night the city flooded on Anniversary Weekend.
Jim Stabback and the Director of Governance have apologised, after the release of a damning report on the flood response.
Shortly after 5pm that day, Fire and Emergency put out a statement revealing every single crew had been called out.
Stabback had left the office 15 minutes earlier- and didn't go back.
He says it's easy to look back with hindsight.
"This is not an excuse by any means, but I only had information at the time that allowed me to make a decision that I knew at the time. And secondly, none of us knew what was about to unfold."
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