In the early hours of a Wednesday morning, a person died at the Gordon Wilson Flats on Wellington's The Terrace — a building that has spent fourteen years suspended between heritage protection and decay, now finally in the grip of demolition. Police and WorkSafe arrived together, suggesting the death may be entangled with the hazards of dismantling a structure long deemed unsafe. The incident is a reminder that the end of a building's life, like its beginning, is rarely without consequence.
Police investigate sudden death at Wellington's Gordon Wilson Flats
One person died at the location, with circumstances under police investigation.