What’s at stake: Will the once-dubbed ‘Coolest little Capital’ find its mojo again?
Background: Wellington’s economy is struggling amid questions over leadership and governance, job cuts, and the economic downturn.
Main players: Mark Dossor, Thomas Nash, Ray Chung, Catherine Beard, Sir John Key, Mike Jones, local government, central Government, Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Wellington businesses are closing because of crippling interest rates and a subdued economy, unemployment is rising, old water pipes are bursting, and rates bills are surging. So is the capital city surviving, thriving, or – more pessimistically – dying?
That’s debated in this month’s NBR
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What’s at stake: Will the once-dubbed ‘Coolest little Capital’ find its mojo again?
Background: Wellington’s economy is struggling amid questions over leadership and governance, job cuts, and the economic downturn.
Main players: Mark Dossor, Thomas Nash, Ray Chung, Catherine Beard, Sir John Key, Mike Jones, local government, central Government, Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council.
