Wellington City Council has just spent $2.3 million on a public toilet, complete with disco lights. That’s not a satire headline. It’s real. And it’s funded by Wellington’s struggling ratepayers, many of whom are already grappling with the brutal impact of a 12.4% rates increase.
While all eN-Zed families tighten their belts and small businesses face rising costs, Tory Whanau (Wellington’s utterly incompetent mayor) and councillors are busy blowing millions on vanity projects. Their own press release boasted that the toilets would “bring colour, accessibility and convenience to the area.” In plain English? It’s a toilet block pretending to be a disco!
Do any of Wellington’s councillors understand ‘financial responsibility’ — especially during a cost-of-living crisis? Spending over two million dollars on a single toilet is profoundly disrespectful to the people who fund Wellington through their rates.
This isn’t just incompetence — it’s corruption in plain sight. Wellington’s elected officials are failing in their duty to deliver value for money. Instead of fixing the city’s crumbling water pipes or keeping rates manageable, they’re green-lighting absurd projects that benefit no one but their own egos.
People in Wellington aren’t asking for a light show when they need the bathroom. They’re asking for basic services, stable infrastructure, and leaders who put essentials before aesthetics.
This is not how a responsible city is run; it’s how a crooked one wastes ratepayers’ money. Wellingtonians deserve better. They are owed an apology and a refund.
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