Episode

The decay of our cool capital

Podcast: The Detail
Published: Jul 15, 2026
Duration seconds: 1440
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Summary

Wellington has become a city of gold-plated report writing, and very little action With a new tunnel at the bottom of the priority list, cancellation of the main street's beautification programme, and costly reports seeking answers, Wellington's not moving Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details