Mr Park was criticised earlier this month when he pulled out of a Wainoni Avonside Community Trust debate with incumbent Mayor Lianne Dalziel and other mayoral candidates an hour before it started.
Organiser Betty Chapman said it was “a slap in the face.”
Mr Park apologised for the no show and proposed he meet with the community yesterday. But it did not eventuate.
Yesterday Mrs Chapman and Mr Park’s campaign manager David Lynch were again at odds over what had gone wrong.
Mr Lynch said he had contacted Mrs Chapman about a new meeting, but she had not responded.
Mrs Chapman disputed that yesterday, saying she had called Mr Lynch back but they were never able to connect.
Said Mr Lynch: “We have made it really clear that we have done our best with Betty. She did not come back to us and it is certainly not a no show, we have tried our best and it hasn’t worked.”
Mr Lynch said they had now made other campaign plans.
Mrs Chapman said she “wasn’t too worried.”
“We wanted him on the (September) fourth, that is when he should have come, that is when he said he was originally coming,” she said.
During his campaign, Mr Park has spoken about the need for action to repair roads and other infrastructure in the earthquake-damaged eastern suburbs.
On Sunday, mayoral candidate John Minto spoke to residents about issues in the eastern suburbs at the Aranui Community Centre.
