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Wellington Water intends to foster "more tension" in relationship with contractors after overcharging scandal

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Tue, 11 Mar 2025, 8:49am
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Wellington Water intends to foster "more tension" in relationship with contractors after overcharging scandal

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九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Mar 2025, 8:49am

Wellington Water's boss says local councils have every right to be angry at them. 

Tory Whanau yesterday described her council's relationship with the organisation as 鈥渢ense鈥 at a special meeting, following revelations last week it wasn't getting value for ratepayers' money. 

Wellington Water CEO Pat Dougherty told Mike Hosking he and his staff are doing everything they can to find the issues and fix them. 

He says there's been a culture of putting too much trust in their contractors, and he wants a more tense and accountable relationship. 

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