13 Sep 2019

Lower Hutt mayor told in February about bad plumbing

From Morning Report, 7:29 am on 13 September 2019

Emails show the mayor of Lower Hutt was told in February that bad plumbing in a retirement complex was 'life-threatening'. All 96 apartments, worth up to 700 thousand dollars each, at the Masonic Woburn apartments had plumbing that investigators say was a severe or serious health risk Earlier this week, before the emails and plumbing audit were released, mayor Ray Wallace claimed he was told only that there were a few issues with leaks, and these were "operational matters". Phil Pennington reports.