15 Oct 2024

Finance Minister describes Wellington council as 'shambles'

From Checkpoint, 4:45 pm on 15 October 2024

"More focused on themselves than serving the city," that's the scathing assessment from the Finance Minister on Wellington City Council which she also described as "shambles." Local Government minister Simeon Brown is now taking advice on whether the government can intervene. It all comes after the capital's councillors voted on Thursday to stop the sale of its 34 percent stake in Wellington Airport, which throws its long term plan into jeopardy, Kate Green reports.