Let's deal with your assertions, one at a time.
On what basis do you assert that Brownlee was incompetent in the Christchurch rebuild?
He took on what was undeniably NZ's biggest natural disaster and delivered on many fronts.
It was inevitable that there would be many unhappy property owners who wanted a whole heap more - like free handouts, especially when they could not be bothered insuring their homes. And as usual in NZ, just as we have seen in the case of Pike River, we have certain politicians and gravy train riders who pander to the 'aggrieved' - the fact that they shout out loudest does not make them right.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...ontrary-figure
Summation of positives & negatives - floor is yours, BlackPeter.