A scathing report into the management of Wellington Water has found the organisation is paying up to three times as much for unplanned pipe maintenance as comparable councils in NZ - so how did this happen, and how will the region's councils respond? 

Also, the government has released a tranche of documents into the work to replace the Interislander ferries. What do the documents reveal?

NZ Herald Wellington issues reporter Georgina Campbell joined Nick Mills for the Capital Letter.

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