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Friday Faceoff with Nick Leggett and Hayley Horan

Publish Date: Fri, 29 May 2026, 12:27pm

It's Friday Faceoff and this week Nick is joined in the studio by Infrastructure NZ CEO Nick Leggett and Wellington's Chamber of Commerce CEO Hayley Horan.

It's a post-budget day special. Yesterday Nicola Willis released her much anticipated budget, the panel dissect the winners, the losers and what they think is missing from this year's "sugar-free" budget.

We hear what Horan has heard from businesses, does the budget lack vision? And what does it do for Wellington?

Then onto Wellington City Council who had a week of ups and downs. A lower-than-expected rates rise was announced at 5.9%, yet a day later it was released they spent 600 thousand on a promotional website for the new library.

They share their thoughts on the 600k pay cheque and sending the job out to Auckland. And what is hoing on with the spending culture on the council?

Horan and Leggett also talk Takina - are we getting the best use out of it?

And the panel share their hots and a not of the week.

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