A Wellington City Councillor believes Government intervention is necessary.

Councillors have met urgently this afternoon to discuss changes to the city's Long Term Plan.

The budget needs revision after the Council backed out of selling its airport shares, leaving a funding hole worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mayor Tory Whanau will talk with Local Government Minister Simeon Brown tomorrow.

Diane Calvert says she thinks they need a facilitator.

"It's taken us two years for this to sort of come to a boiling point, but we've seen it building up over a time." 

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