8 Oct 2025

Tory Whanau takes aim at critics in final speech as Mayor

From Checkpoint, 5:15 pm on 8 October 2025

The outgoing Wellington mayor has taken aim at her critics in and outside the council in her final speech today. In her last three years in the hot seat, Tory Whanau has been outspoken about her own personal challenges as well as the abuse she and other councillors have suffered online. The council has also endured criticism of overspending and the appointment of a Crown Observer after it could not agree on selling it's stake in Wellington Airport. Bill Hickman reports