5:05 pm today

Wellington councilllor Tim Brown speaks on council meeting

From Checkpoint, 5:05 pm today

A closed door crisis meeting of the Wellington City Council has broken up in the last hour. The government has signalled it could intervene, with one minister describing it as a shambles. Some councillors have been highly critical of the Mayor claiming there's been a lack of leadership, with tensions bubbling away since they voted to stop the sale of council's stake in Wellington Airport. But Mayor Tory Whanau said she has no intention of resigning. She told RNZ there's a high threshold for government intervention which the council doesnt meet and she'll be presenting a plan to the Local Government Minister, Simeon Brown tomorrow. Wellington councilllor Tim Brown spoke to Lisa Owen.