Successful Queenstown businessman and first term councillor Matt Wong describes his worst day so far with the Queenstown Lakes District Council when over $100 million of leaky building debt hit the council earlier this year - "it was enough to wipe us out." Matt Wong also describes as a "quagmire" the often conflicted relationship between elected members and senior council managers. Plus Crux journalists Peter Newport and Kim Bowden delve into what was supposed to be an independent external report examining council management failures on a $128 million roading project. So why is the original report being kept secret and the public version subject to six rounds of council edits and changes?
Great podcast. It's unbelievable how much debt the council has incurred from what would seem extremely poor management and very dubious decisions with public money. If these people where in the private sector, they would have been fired years ago!
Great podcast. It's unbelievable how much debt the council has incurred from what would seem extremely poor management and very dubious decisions with public money. If these people where in the private sector, they would have been fired years ago!