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# “Absolute Knob” of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/absolute-knob-of-the-day/
- Published: 2020-11-08T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-09T20:51:32.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

#### City councillor removes tweet calling public submitters ‘**absolute knobs**‘

A post by Wellington City councillor **Tamatha Paul** referring to public submitters as “absolute knobs” has been removed from Twitter.

Paul made the comment about a group of Mt Victoria residents who were part of a video submission on the council’s [draft spatial plan](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/real-estate/122294584/the-only-way-is-up-wellington-reveals-plans-to-house-80000-more-people-in-next-30-years?ref=goodoil.news) on Wednesday.

The plan proposes removing demolition protections for many pre-1930s buildings and allowing new builds up to four storeys in parts of the suburb outside designated character “sub-areas”.

It is part of the council’s wider plan to squeeze in tens of thousands of extra residents across the city over the next 30 years.

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**[Read the full article here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123317791/city-councillor-removes-tweet-calling-public-submitters-absolute-knobs?ref=goodoil.news).** Comment on it on *The BFD.*