This is a damning article detailing the grossly mismanaged refurbishment of the Wellington Town Hall. It is an appalling indictment on the Council and its officers at the time. I say "at the time" because, apparently, key people involved have now left. The CEO and COO at the time are now elsewhere in local government in Aotearoa but still touting their "experience" in governance on Linkedin. But no doubt there were others to blame as well, but we know no-one will face any consequences worthy of the word. Their lack of accountability genuinely makes me angry. Te-Whanganui-a-Tara is suffering enough as it is under this government. But it seems we have many self-inflicted wounds to make matters worse. "Wellington Town Hall $311m blowout: All cost control was lost, contract ‘totally munted’" #Wellington Non-paywalled link via archive.ph https://archive.ph/20261020021109/https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/361101997/wellington-town-hall-blowout-all-cost-control-was-lost-contract-totally-munted