4:25 pm today

Wellington councillors in closed door urgent meeting

From Checkpoint, 4:25 pm today

Mayor Tory Whanau said she won't be resigning despite claims Wellington city council is a shambles and the government is considering intervention. Councillors are still in a closed door urgent meeting that started at 2:30 this afternoon. They voted last week to stop the sale of council's stake in Wellington Airport, putting a large financial hole in the long term plan. Some councillors are calling for the government to step in and Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed he's looking at options. On the streets of Wellington, people had a mixed views about what whether the council needed intervention. Reporter Nick James was outside Wellington City Council waiting for the meeting to wrap up and spoke to Lisa Owen.