Ele Ludemann: Cap rates now

Local body rate increases several times several times higher than the rate of inflation are fuelling inflation and are one of the biggest drag on the economy.

Year after year councils show they are incapable of restraining their spending voluntarily, it’s more than time New Zealand joined Australia and the UK in imposing rate caps on them.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Some rare good news for Wellingtonians

A bit of rare good news for Wellingtonians, they've escaped having the water restrictions ratcheted up on them this week.

That decision was taken today, it’s taken every week at the moment, and at the moment they’re staying in level 2- for now.

But the case against Wellington City Council as the bad guys is building fast. I would argue it’s becoming more and more obvious that they have neglected to fix the pipes when they knew they should've.