Wellington mayor Tory Whanau has got stuck into the PM for his misguided speech to the Local Government Association this week. As well as justifyingly defending the good things WCC has done (and they aren’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination), she made the important point that it was a missed opportunity for how central and local government could work together.

Her column is in the Sunday Star Times. If it is behind their paywall, I apologise.

Tory Whanau: Time for the PM to stop taking cheap shots at councils