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Wellington City Councillor calls out $2.3m spend on public toilet block

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 24 Jun 2025, 6:18pm
The new toilet block's lighting system cost $150,000. Photo / Ethan Manera
The new toilet block's lighting system cost $150,000. Photo / Ethan Manera

Wellington City Councillor calls out $2.3m spend on public toilet block

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 24 Jun 2025, 6:18pm

A Wellington Councillor's calling out her peers over a new $2.3-million-dollar CBD public toilet.

It replaces an old block that had become a crime hot-spot.

The building's wooden panels are lined with a $150,000 lighting system, designed to display a night-time show.

Diane Calvert says spending in the Capital follows a pattern.

"This is the culture in the organisation - it just has to change. Toilets are really important in our CBD, but did we need to take three years building them and over $2 million dollars and light them up like a glowing monument?"

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