Peter Dunne: National Prime Ministers seem to have a thing about Wellington.

In 2013 then Prime Minister John Key raised the ire of Wellington’s community and business leaders when he told an Auckland audience that the capital city was “dying” and that “we don't know how to turn it around.” He subsequently offered “an unreserved apology” to anyone his remark had offended, adding that “actually Wellington's an extremely vibrant place.”

John McLean: Cracked Pot Tries To Burn Better Wellington

Utter Nutter Hattotuwa comes in from the Cold

Sanjana Hattotuwa has been busy spying on Wellington local government affairs. He’s gone so far as to produce his very own hot report on a Wellington incorporated society named “Better Wellington Incorporated”.

Matua Kahurangi: Tory Whanau’s alleged public sex act ignored

Ray Chung faces the backlash instead

Isn't it remarkable that a private email sent by Ray Chung over two and a half years ago is dominating national headlines? The Prime Minister is weighing in, the Porirua Mayor threw in her two cents, and the media are frothing at the mouth. Not a single one of them seems remotely interested in why the email was written in the first place.

Matua Kahurangi: Did National-aligned Councillor Nicola Young collude with Labour to take down Ray Chung?

A political hit job appears to be unfolding within Wellington City Council, and the fingerprints of dirty politics are all over it.

Two and a half years ago, first-term councillor Ray Chung sent a private email to three colleagues he considered long-time friends: Nicola Young, Tony Randle, and John Apanowicz. The email recounted a conversation with a constituent about alleged behaviour by Mayor Tory Whanau. It was never intended for public consumption, and it was sent to personal inboxes, not the media.

Kerre Woodham: You can't just put up a story without any proof

Ray Chung has surely scuppered his chances of becoming Wellington's next mayor, hasn't he?

Although, given the way voters in Wellington tend to cast their ballots given their previous form, perhaps not. Chung has sent an email to three of his fellow councillors with the heading ‘A sordid night on the town”, in which he proceeded to pass on a story he heard from a neighbour while out dog walking, trash talking Mayor Tory Whanau. It accused her of participating in an orgy with a couple of young men and taking drugs, and talked about the form of the woman involved, being Tory Whanau, having soft, pendulous breasts.