Begonia House is on the chopping block, with a Council repair bill costing up to twenty million dollars.
Built in the sixties, it is a conservatory, that sits within the Wellington Botanic Gardens -- home to large tropical plants.
It's run down, great big panes of glass are cracking or being dislodged, the staff are in danger simply being there...
Wellington's councillors are split about whether repairing it is a good use of ratepayer money.
The Spinoff's Wellington editor, Joel Macmanus joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
