Desley Simpson: Auckland deputy mayor squashes rumours she was running for mayor - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Wayne Brown and Desley Simpson have confirmed they'll run together in this year's Auckland mayoral race.

It's scotched rumours Simpson would run herself.

She's been deputy since Brown was elected mayor three years ago.

She says she wants to do the right thing for Auckland - and she thinks this is the way to go.

"Sometimes you've got to put Auckland first and not yourself - and the mayor has really delivered, this term, some very big changes for Auckland, and still has more to come." 

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