Nick Mills: What is Tory Whanau's legacy as Wellington mayor? - Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills

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Tory Whanau has said no.

She's said no to standing for Wellington mayor for the three terms she always said she’d run for. She's out; she's thrown in the towel.

We won't get the exciting election campaign of Tory Whanau v Andrew Little, which I must say I was looking forward to.

And I’ll be honest; I wanted her to run. I wanted to know if Wellington as a city really believes in the green idealisms she promotes.

This election was going to tell me whether it was a flash in the pan or whether it was real. But Tory has pulled out.

What I can't quite work out is why this was announced on the same day that she stood on Courtenay Place with her brand new Bunnings shovel, digging up the ground to celebrate the start of the Golden Mile redevelopment works.

Clearly, the hole she dug was simply too big. She couldn't climb out of it.

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