(03-07-2023, 07:37 PM)TinkandTiff Wrote: That woman should resign. This was NOT her first rodeo, so to speak. 

My daughter works in Hospo Management. She told me a couple of weeks back about the Mayors drunken behaviour at her venue and apparent opinion that she needn't pay.

She was mortified at the actions of someone who has such power and control over our fair city.
If she was in Parliament, the public would be baying for her resignation.

(03-07-2023, 09:48 PM)harm_less Wrote: Another female Maori politician being put through the wringer based on third party hearsay.

How many people have recognised the thumb and forefinger symbols on the restaurant's logo?

(04-07-2023, 12:18 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: If she did use those words, then that's unbelievably stupid.
However as interesting as this is, there seems to be another side to it. And it has to be said that there are times, especially when there's an election not so far away, when the media outdoes itself in blowing small incidents into as massive a one as they can get away with & continue with it far past the time when anyone's still interested in it.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/132472069/the-pearlclutching-over-the-mayors-tipsy-night-out

"Some of Wellington’s local business community is furious about the Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme. They believe that making the city easier to walk through, cycle in, and take public transport to, will hurt them. So they’ve been lashing out.
They got together and wrote a letter to the mayor and the council last week to try and get the project stopped. In fact several councillors then lodged a motion of no-confidence in the project as a whole. The council voted on whether to proceed with the project and good sense prevailed. Wellington will at some point, get moving.

This whole story felt like a backlash against a young mayor who is actually doing what she campaigned on. She said she was an avowed fan of Let’s Get Wellington Moving, she said she was good at getting compromise around a table and making progress on projects, and that’s exactly what she’s done.

I have been out with many MPs of all stripes, many of whom were in far worse shape than the video showed of Mayor Whanau. No story was generated, there was no outraged media, and nor should there be. 

I’m not a drinker myself, so I can’t relate, but when did we get so puritanical that having a few drinks after work was a crime that should be splashed across the front page of the local paper?
Nobody was hurt. Mayor Whanau had a few while out with a mate - yes she forgot to pay a bill, but this was quickly rectified.


So get your act together, Wellington. We’ve finally got a mayor and a council that seem to be working with some kind of cohesion. Things are slowly but surely being turned around in the right direction after years of dismal council antics."